Persistent State Weakness in the Global AgePersistent State Weakness in the Global Age addresses the question of why state weakness in the global era persists. It debunks a common assumption that state weakness is a stop-gap on the path to state failure and state collapse. Informed by a globalization perspective, the book shows how state weakness is frequently self-reproducing and functional. The interplay of global actors, policies and norms is analyzed from the standpoint of their internalization in a weak state through transnational networks. Contributors examine the reproduction of partial and discriminatory rule at the heart of persistent state weakness, drawing on a wide geographical range of case studies including the Middle East, the Balkans, the post-Soviet states and sub-Saharan Africa. The study of state-weakening dynamics related to institutional incapacity, colonial and war legacies, legitimacy gaps, economic informality, democratization and state-building provides an insight into durability and resilience of weak states in the global age. |
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Persistent State Weakness in the Global Age Dr Denisa Kostovicova,Dr Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic Limited preview - 2013 |
Persistent State Weakness in the Global Age Denisa Kostovicova,Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic Limited preview - 2009 |
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