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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 335 pages) : maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400835799 1400835798 1282665839 9781282665835 9786612665837 6612665831 9780691116723 0691116725 |