03464nam 2200625Ia 450 991045035100332120200520144314.01-4237-6596-692-808-7087-4(CKB)1000000000033729(EBL)244173(OCoLC)437160003(SSID)ssj0000196131(PQKBManifestationID)11181436(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000196131(PQKBWorkID)10142489(PQKB)10465180(MiAaPQ)EBC244173(Au-PeEL)EBL244173(CaPaEBR)ebr10074971(OCoLC)65431383(EXLCZ)99100000000003372920041028d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMaking states work[electronic resource] state failure and the crisis of governance /edited by Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff, and Ramesh ThakurNew York ;Tokyo United Nations University Press20051 online resource (419 p.)Description based upon print version of record.92-808-1107-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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 powerPolitical stabilityLegitimacy of governmentsSocial contractElectronic books.Political stability.Legitimacy of governments.Social contract.320/.01/1Chesterman Simon261589Ignatieff Michael168039Thakur Ramesh Chandra1948-884426MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450351003321Making states work2151651UNINA