Why states recover : changing walking societies into winning nations - from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe / Greg Mills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mills, Greg, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Economic development.

Nation-building.

Social history.

Asia--Economic conditions.

Asia.

Asia--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (706 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Hurst & Company, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First major book to counter ""doom and gloom"" thesis on state failure and inability of outside parties to put things right, arguing that broken states can be fixed -- and for the long term.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART 1: PATHOLOGIES AND THREADS OF FAILURE; 1 Argentina: Living Beyond Means; Cry for me; Peronist, pliant and pernicious; 2 Guinea: A Great Balancing Act; Realising enormous wealth; The cost of bad politics; Arriveés de junta; The growth plan; No mission impossible?; A long and winding road; 3 Haiti: 128 Shades of Grey; Green and brown; Up and down, black and white; Rolling success next door; Haiti's aid business; Bridging the humanitarian-development divide; The underlying reasons of failure

Crouching tiger, hidden dragon, frère ennemi?The wrong analysis; Summarising the transitions; Déjà vu all over again?; Similarities; Differences; Lessons; Working on the basics; Afghanistan's aid lessons for others; A view from the trenches; A little extra ammo and a few other things; A good future outcome; 11 The Democratic Republic of Congo: The Invisible State; Systemic governance failure; Election deficits and myths; Few innocents; 12 Iraq to Syria: Matching Legitimacy, Strategy and Resources; The shadow of war; Winning the war, losing the peace; Iraq to Syria: Knowing then, knowing now

Strategy not politicsHeed the past; 13 Kosovo: Fifteen Years of Building Peace; The challenge before Kosovo and the international community; Shitet: What has intervention achieved?; Armies of expats; True grit; The rule of law link; Reflecting on intervention; 14 Liberia: Mission with a Long Tail?; Some things stay the same; From war to peace; Tackling the challenges; Signs of success or failure?; Mission with a long tail?; 15 Libya After Regime Change: A Michael Jackson State?; The backdrop; Challenges and advantages; Economic rent-seeking and redistribution

Lessons from the international post-conflict campaign

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84904-540-2

1-84904-539-9

OCLC:

958573066