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When States Fail: Causes and Consequences
Rotberg
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Description for When States Fail: Causes and Consequences
Paperback. Since 1990, more than 10 million people have been killed in the civil wars of failed states, and hundreds of millions more have been deprived of fundamental rights. This book examines how and why states decay and what, if anything, can be done to prevent them from collapsing. Editor(s): Rotberg, Robert I. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPHC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Since 1990, more than 10 million people have been killed in the civil wars of failed states, and hundreds of millions more have been deprived of fundamental rights. The threat of terrorism has only heightened the problem posed by failed states. When States Fail is the first book to examine how and why states decay and what, if anything, can be done to prevent them from collapsing. It defines and categorizes strong, weak, failing, and collapsed nation-states according to political, social, and economic criteria. And it offers a comprehensive recipe for their reconstruction. The book comprises fourteen essays by leading ... Read more
Since 1990, more than 10 million people have been killed in the civil wars of failed states, and hundreds of millions more have been deprived of fundamental rights. The threat of terrorism has only heightened the problem posed by failed states. When States Fail is the first book to examine how and why states decay and what, if anything, can be done to prevent them from collapsing. It defines and categorizes strong, weak, failing, and collapsed nation-states according to political, social, and economic criteria. And it offers a comprehensive recipe for their reconstruction. The book comprises fourteen essays by leading ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
498g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691116723
SKU
V9780691116723
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About Rotberg
Robert I. Rotberg is Director of the Kennedy School of Government's Program on Intrastate Conflict and President of the World Peace Foundation. He is the author of "Ending Autocracy, Enabling Democracy: The Tribulations of Southern Africa" and other books, and the editor of "State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror, Truth v. Justice: The Morality of Truth ... Read more
Reviews for When States Fail: Causes and Consequences
"Rotberg has collected a cadre of renowned scholars who flesh out the political, economic, and social reasons for state failure and provide prescriptions for both prevention and postfailure resuscitation."
Cameron M. Otopalik, Perspectives on Political Science
Cameron M. Otopalik, Perspectives on Political Science