- 352 pages
- English
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About This Book
Presenting case studies and comparisons across seven countries, this book addresses key questions as to the nature of state fragility, policies used to mitigate it, assessment of outcomes and prospects.
It offers a novel empirical contribution in examining a range of distinct but interdependent dimensions of state fragility, not only focusing on questions of state legitimacy, capacity and authority, but also involving the economy and resilience to political and economic shocks, as well as at vital questions of context and diversity. Examining Afghanistan, Lebanon, Burundi, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Papua New Guinea and Rwanda within the context of their different local circumstances, and within broader questions of global security, the book identifies unique factors that have played a part in their specific context and explores key drivers and dominant features.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of state fragility and more broadly to students of politics, public policy, development studies, state-society relations, political economy, state building, peace and conflict studies, international studies, security studies regional studies., as well as NGOs and international organizations.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Building legitimacy and state capacity in Afghanistan
- 3 Proximate causes of state fragility and sources of resilience in Lebanon
- 4 The origin and persistence of state fragility in Burundi
- 5 Heterogeneous fragility in Pakistan
- 6 The persistence of fragility in Sierra Leone
- 7 A weak state and strong microsocieties in Papua New Guinea
- 8 Consolidating peace and legitimacy in Rwanda
- 9 Conclusion
- Index