Effective Governance Under Anarchy: Institutions, Legitimacy, and Social Trust in Areas of Limited Statehood

by Thomas Risse and Tanja A Brzel

Book Overview

Policy makers and academics alike have mistakenly promoted an agenda which takes well-governed democratic and consolidated 'Weberian' states as the model for the world and the goal of development programs. Whilst Western industrial democracies are the exception, areas of limited statehood where state institutions are weak and ineffective, are everywhere, and, this books argues, can still be well-governed. Three factors explain effective governance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 131663504X
• ISBN13: 9781316635049
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.7" x 9.0"