Fixing failed states : a framework for rebuilding a fractured world / Ashraf Ghani, Clare Lockhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ghani, Ashraf, 1949-

Contributor:

Lockhart, Clare.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Failed states.

Physical Description:

x, 254 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Part 1 Defining the Context

1 The Creeping "Sovereignty Gap" 17

2 Reversing History 33

3 Webs and Flows of Cooperation 53

4 Failed Politics 65

5 The Promises and Perils of Aid 85

Part 2 Defining the State for the Twenty-First Century

6 Toward a Multifunctional View of the State 115

7 The Framework: The Ten Functions of the State 124

Part 3 A New Agenda for State Building

8 International Compacts: Sovereignty Strategies 169

9 National Programs: The Challenge of Implementation 198

Conclusion: Collective Power 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [232]-240) and index.

ISBN:

9780195342697

0195342690

OCLC:

173299112