| Description |
viii, 354 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Failed states, collapsed states, weak states : causes and indicators / Robert I. Rotberg -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo : from failure to potential reconstruction / René Lemarchand -- Sierra Leone : warfare in a post-state society / William Reno -- The Sudan : a successfully failed state / Gérard Prunier and Rachel Gisselquist -- Somalia : can a collapsed state reconstitute itself? / Walter S. Clarke and Robert Gosende -- Columbia : lawlessness, drug trafficking, and carving up the state / Harvey F. Kline -- Indonesia : the erosion of state capacity / Michael Malley -- Sri Lanka : a fragmented state / Erin K. Jenne -- Tajikistan : regionalism and weakness / Nasrin Dadmehr -- Fiji : divided and weak / Stephanie Lawson -- Haiti : a case of endemic weakness -- Marlye Gélin-Adams and David M. Malone -- Lebanon : failure, collapse, and resuscitation / Oren Barak. |
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Legitimacy of governments -- Developing countries.
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Political stability -- Developing countries.
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Developing countries -- Politics and government.
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World politics -- 1989-
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Failed states.
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| Added Author |
Rotberg, Robert I.
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| ISBN |
0815775741 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780815775744 cloth alkaline paper |
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0815775733 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780815775737 paperback alkaline paper |
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