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The Statebuilder's Dilemma : On the Limits of Foreign Intervention /

The central task of all statebuilding is to create a state that is regarded as legitimate by the people over whom it exercises authority. This is a necessary condition for stable, effective governance. States sufficiently motivated to bear the costs of building a state in some distant land are likel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lake, David A., 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Building legitimate states
  • Problems of sovereignty
  • Legitimacy and loyalty
  • Statebuilding in Iraq
  • Statebuilding in Somalia.