Fragile States (War and Conflict in the Modern World) - Softcover

Brock, Lothar; Holm, Hans-Henrik; Sorenson, Georg; Stohl, Michael

 
9780745649429: Fragile States (War and Conflict in the Modern World)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0745649424 ISBN 13: 9780745649429
Verlag: Polity Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Today a billion people, including about 340 million of the world's extreme poor, are estimated to live in 'fragile states'. This group of low-income countries are often trapped in cycles of conflict and poverty, which make them acutely vulnerable to a range of shocks and crises.

This engaging book defines and clarifies what we mean by fragile states, examining their characteristics in relation to "weak" and "failed" states in the global system, and explaining their development from pre-colonial times to the present day. It explores the connections between fragile statehood and violent conflict, and analyses the limitations of outside intervention from international society. The complexities surrounding 'successes' such as Costa Rica and Botswana - countries which ought to be fragile, but which are not - are analysed alongside the more precarious cases of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan and Haiti.

Absorbing and authoritative, Fragile States will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of international relations, security studies and development.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lothar Brock is research professor at the Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt.

Hans-Henrik Holm is professor and head of department at the Danish School of Media and Journalism.

Georg Sørensen is professor of political science at Aarhus University.

Michael Stohl is professor of communication and political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Verlag
Polity Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0745649424
ISBN 13 
9780745649429
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
200
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