State Failure, Collapse & Reconstruction

This book situates state failure and state collapse in historical context and explains the structures and forces that have led to state collapse in a number of countries around the world. It also analyses and critiques contemporary interventions and reconstruction efforts in collapsed states. <br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>Addresses the subject of state failure which has received high-profile attention from both scholars and policy-makers.<br /> </li> <li>Examines how and why states collapse.<br /> </li> <li>Analyses and critiques post-conflict reconstruction efforts.<br /> </li> <li>Has contemporary relevance for developments in places such as East Timor, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Georgia.<br /> </li> <li>Challenges our assumptions about states and the state system.</li> </ul>