State Failure, Collapse & Reconstruction

This book situates state failure and state collapse in historical
context and explains the structures and forces that have led to
state collapse in a number of countries around the world. It also
analyses and critiques contemporary interventions and
reconstruction efforts in collapsed states.

* * Addresses the subject of state failure which has received
high-profile attention from both scholars and policy-makers.

* Examines how and why states collapse.

* Analyses and critiques post-conflict reconstruction
efforts.

* Has contemporary relevance for developments in places such as
East Timor, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Georgia.

* Challenges our assumptions about states and the state
system.