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David A. Lake - The Statebuilder´s Dilemma: On the Limits of Foreign Intervention - 9781501700309 - V9781501700309
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The Statebuilder´s Dilemma: On the Limits of Foreign Intervention

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Description for The Statebuilder´s Dilemma: On the Limits of Foreign Intervention Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 figures, 2 charts. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 517.

The central task of all statebuilding is to create a state that is regarded as legitimate by the people over whom it exercises authority. This is a necessary condition for stable, effective governance. States sufficiently motivated to bear the costs of building a state in some distant land are likely to have interests in the future policies of that country, and will therefore seek to promote loyal leaders who are sympathetic to their interests and willing to implement their preferred policies. In The Statebuilder's Dilemma, David A. Lake addresses the key tradeoff between legitimacy and loyalty common to all international ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9781501700309
SKU
V9781501700309
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About David A. Lake
David A. Lake is Jerri-Ann and Gary E. Jacobs Professor of Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Hierarchy in International Relations and Power, Protection, and Free Trade: International Sources of U.S. Commercial Strategy, 1887–1939 and the coeditor of Politics in the New Hard Times: The Great ... Read more

Reviews for The Statebuilder´s Dilemma: On the Limits of Foreign Intervention
Explores key trade-offs between legitimacy and loyalty in state building, explaining how promoting a leader loyal to the state builder undermines that leader's legitimacy at home, and investigates armed or militarized state building through in-depth case studies of Iraq and Somalia.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE

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