Making states work [[electronic resource] ] : state failure and the crisis of governance / / edited by Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff, and Ramesh Thakur

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450351003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; Tokyo, : United Nations University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 1-4237-6596-6; 92-808-7087-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (419 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ChestermanSimon; IgnatieffMichael; ThakurRamesh Chandra <1948->
• Disciplina: 320/.01/1
• Soggetti: Political stability; Legitimacy of governments; Social contract; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Lists of figures and tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Making states work; Part I: Issues; 1 Policy responses to state failure; 2 The legacy of colonialism; 3 Human rights, power and the state; Part II: Regions; 4 The Great Lakes and South Central Asia; 5 Colombia and the Andean crisis; 6 The South Pacific; Part III: Margins; 7 Reviving state legitimacy in Pakistan; 8 Disintegration and reconstitution in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; 9 Afghanistan's weak state and strong society; Part IV: Successes; 10 Success in Mozambique?; 11 State-building, national leadership and ''relative success'' in Costa Rica 12 From vulnerability to success: The British withdrawal from Singapore; Part V: Choices; 13 Early and ''early late'' prevention; 14 Making humanitarianism work; 15 Transitional justice; 16 Transitional administration, state-building and the United Nations; 17 Conclusion: The future of state-building; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the wealth of literature on state failure, surprisingly little attention ; has been paid to the question of what constitutes state success and what enables a state to succeed. This book is a joint project of the International Peace Academy and the United Nations University and examines the strategies and tactics of international actors, local political elites, and civil society groups to build or rebuild public institutions before they reach the point of failure: to make the state work.It is frequently assumed that the collapse of state structures, whether through defeat by an external power