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When states fail : causes and consequences / Robert I. Rotberg, editor. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004. - x, 335 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The failure and collapse of nation-states: breakdown, prevention, and repair / Domestic anarchy, security dilemmas, and violent predation: causes of failure / The global-local politics of state decay / The economic correlates of state failure: taxes, foreign aid, and policies / The deadly connection: paramilitary bands, small arms diffusion, and state failure / Preventing state failure / Forming states after failure / Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration: lessons and liabilities in reconstruction / Establishing the rule of law / Building effective trust in the aftermath of severe conflict / Civil society and the reconstruction of failed states / Restoring economic functioning in failed states / Transforming the institutions of war: postconflict elections and the reconstruction of failed states / Let them fail: state failure in theory and practice: implications for policy / Robert I. Rotberg -- Nelson Ksfir -- Christopher Clapham -- Nicolas van de Walle -- Michael T. Klare -- David Carment -- Jens Meierhenrich -- Nat J. Colletta, Markus Kostner, Ingo Wiederhofer -- Susan Rose-Ackerman -- Jennifer A. Widner -- Daniel N. Posner -- Donald R. Snodgrass -- Terrence Lyons -- Jeffrey Herbst. PART ONE: THE CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF FAILURE -- PART TWO: POST-FAILURE RESUSCITATION OF NATION-STATES --

ISBN: 9780691116723

LCCN: 2003041864

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA3-U2202

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Legitimacy of governments--Developing countries.
World politics--1989-
Failed states.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Developing countries--Politics and government.

LC Class. No.: JF60 / .W46 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 320/.01/1