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When states fail : causes and consequences /

Since 1990, more than 10 million people have been killed in the civil wars of failed states, and hundreds of millions more have been deprived of fundamental rights. The threat of terrorism has only heightened the problem posed by failed states. When States Fail is the first book to examine how and w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rotberg, Robert I.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Since 1990, more than 10 million people have been killed in the civil wars of failed states, and hundreds of millions more have been deprived of fundamental rights. The threat of terrorism has only heightened the problem posed by failed states. When States Fail is the first book to examine how and why states decay and what, if anything, can be done to prevent them from collapsing. It defines and categorizes strong, weak, failing, and collapsed nation-states according to political, social, and economic criteria. And it offers a comprehensive recipe for their reconstruction. The book comprises fo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 335 pages) : maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400835799
1400835798
1282665839
9781282665835
9786612665837
6612665831
9780691116723
0691116725