Why Do States Fragment and Break Apart? : an Historical Sociology of Eight Cases (Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century).

This comparative analysis demonstrates how state fragmentation results from a causal chain of geopolitical strains, resource shortfalls, intra-elite conflict, and the deficiency of a central government?s coercive capability to hold the society together. The emergence process of new sovereign states...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Li, Jieli
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
Temas:
1700-1999
Failed states > History.
Imperialism > History > 18th century.
Imperialism > History > 19th century.
Imperialism > History > 20th century.
Geopolitics.
États défaillants > Histoire.
Impérialisme > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Impérialisme > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Impérialisme > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Géopolitique.
geopolitics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Failed states.
Imperialism.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • WHY DO STATES FRAGMENT AND BREAK APART?: An Historical Sociology of Eight Cases (Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century); Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures, Maps and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1
  • Geopolitics of the State; Chapter 2
  • The Theory of State Fragmentation; Chapter 3
  • The Fragmentation of the British Empire in North America in The Eighteenth Century; Chapter 4
  • The Fragmentation of the Qing Empire in China in the Nineteenth Century.
  • Chapter 5
  • Comparing the American Civil War with the Chinese ""Taiping Rebellion"" in the Mid-Nineteenth CenturyChapter 6
  • The Fragmenation of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; Chapter 7
  • The Geopolitics of Modern China: Why Doesn't The Communist State Fragment?; Chapter 8
  • A Geopolitical Diversity of State Fragmentation: The Cases of Singapore and Czechoslovakia; Final Remarks; Bibliography; Index.

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