Persistent State Weakness in the Global Age Contributor(s): Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (Author), Kostovicova, Denisa (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0754676129 ISBN-13: 9780754676126 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
Dewey: 320.1 |
LCCN: 2009024250 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.11 lbs) 230 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 165 |
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Publisher Description: Persistent State Weakness in the Global Age addresses the question of why state weakness in the global era persists. It debunks a common assumption that state weakness is a stop-gap on the path to state failure and state collapse. Informed by a globalization perspective, the book shows how state weakness is frequently self-reproducing and functional. The interplay of global actors, policies and norms is analyzed from the standpoint of their internalization in a weak state through transnational networks. Contributors examine the reproduction of partial and discriminatory rule at the heart of persistent state weakness, drawing on a wide geographical range of case studies including the Middle East, the Balkans, the post-Soviet states and sub-Saharan Africa. The study of state-weakening dynamics related to institutional incapacity, colonial and war legacies, legitimacy gaps, economic informality, democratization and state-building provides an insight into durability and resilience of weak states in the global age. |
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