The Tragedy of Failure

Evaluating State Failure and Its Impact on the Spread of Refugees, Terrorism, and War

Tiffiany O. Howard

• Editore: Praeger
• Anno: 2010
• ISBN:
  9780313381218
• Edizione: 1
• Argomento: Politique et relations internationales
• Categoria: Intelligence et espionnage

This intriguing approach to international conflict seeks to facilitate a dialogue between academics and policymakers on how to better anticipate and prevent state failure, subsequent forced migration, and the terrorist threat that often results. Despite the far reaching implications of state failure, little research has been devoted to its consequences. Postulating that failed and failing states enable the existence of terrorist organizations, The Tragedy of Failure: Evaluating State Failure and Its Impact on the Spread of Refugees, Terrorism, and War bridges that gap. Both descriptive and prescriptive, the book offers a nuanced examination of the relationship between forced migration, state failure, and terrorism. The author suggests policy strategies that are capable of anticipating the onset of forced migration situations before they develop into crises and presents quantitative forecasting models with the ability to predict the occurrence of state failure and forced migration as much as two years in advance. Buoyed by this work and the tools it offers, policymakers can focus more closely on the issue of failed states and the movement of refugees and internally displaced persons in the interest of targeting and eliminating dangerous terrorist organizations.

Indice dei contenuti

• Cover
• Contents
• Tables and Figures
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. The Origins of the State and What It Means to Fail
• 2. The Two Approaches to State Failure
• 3. A New Perspective: The Severity Stage Model
• 4. Evaluating State Failure as a Cause of Forced Migration
• 5. State Failure, Refugees, and the Spread of Terrorism
• 6. Beyond State Failure: Examining Latent Factors, Failed Public Policy, and Their Impact on the Forced Migration Crisis
• 7. The Tragedy of Failure
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Index