LEADER 04068nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910828502003321 005 20240410153909.0 010 $a0-8157-7572-5 035 $a(CKB)111087027974598 035 $a(OCoLC)53482721 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10063879 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000250809 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12095086 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250809 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10245154 035 $a(PQKB)10208556 035 $a(OCoLC)1132220475 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse73223 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3004407 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10063879 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3004407 035 $a(PPN)114036950 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027974598 100 $a20041017d2003 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aState failure and state weakness in a time of terror /$fRobert I. Rotberg, editor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass $cWorld Peace Foundation ;$aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$d2003 210 4$aŠ2003 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 354 pages) $cmaps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8157-7574-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Failed States, Collapsed States, Weak States: Causes and Indicators -- Part One: Cases of Failure and Collapse -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo: From Failure to Potential Reconstruction -- Sierra Leone: Warfare in a Post-State Society -- The Sudan: A Successfully Failed State -- Somalia: Can A Collapsed State Reconstitute Itself? -- Part Two: Dangerously Weak -- Colombia: Lawlessness, Drug Traficking, and Carving Up the State -- Indonesia: The Erosion of State Capacity -- Sri Lanka: A Fragmented State -- Tajikistan: Regionalism and Weakness -- Part Three: Safely Weak -- Fiji: Divided and Weak -- Haiti: A Case of Endemic Weakness -- Lebanon: Failure, Collapse, and Resuscitation -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover. 330 $aA Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publication The threat of terror, which flares in Africa and Indonesia, has given the problem of failed states an unprecedented immediacy and importance. In the past, failure had a primarily humanitarian dimension, with fewer implications for peace and security. Now nation-states that fail, or may do so, pose dangers to themselves, to their neighbors, and to people around the globe: preventing their failure, and reviving those that do fail, has become a strategic as well as a moral imperative. State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror develops an innovative theory of state failure that classifies and categorizes states along a continuum from weak to failed to collapsed. By understanding the mechanisms and identifying the tell-tale indicators of state failure, it is possible to develop strategies to arrest the fatal slide from weakness to collapse. This state failure paradigm is illustrated through detailed case studies of states that have failed and collapsed (the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, the Sudan, Somalia), states that are dangerously weak (Colombia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan), and states that are weak but safe (Fiji, Haiti, Lebanon). 606 $aLegitimacy of governments$zDeveloping countries 606 $aPolitical stability$zDeveloping countries 606 $aWorld politics$y1989- 607 $aDeveloping countries$xPolitics and government 615 0$aLegitimacy of governments 615 0$aPolitical stability 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a320/.01/1 701 $aRotberg$b Robert I$033445 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828502003321 996 $aState failure and state weakness in a time of terror$94072409 997 $aUNINA