Making States Work: State Failure and the Crisis of Governance

by Simon Chesterman

In the wealth of literature on state failure, little attention has been paid to the questions of what constitutes state success and what enables a state to succeed. This book examines the strategies and tactics of international actors, local political elites, and civil society groups to build or rebuild public institutions before they reach the point of failure--to make the state work. It is frequently assumed that the collapse of state structures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 928081107X
• ISBN13: 9789280811070
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: United Nations University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"