Persistent State Weakness in the Global Age

di Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic (Autore)

Denisa Kostovicova (Curatore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2009

Persistent 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.

• Autore: Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic
• Curatore: Denisa Kostovicova
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Anno: 2009
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 230 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 566 gr.
• EAN: 9780754676126

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