State Failure, Collapse & Reconstruction [Paperback]

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.

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• 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.

Notes on Contributors.

State Failure, State Collapse and State Reconstruction: Jennifer Milliken and Keith Krause, Graduate Institute of International Studies.

Part I: States, Statebuilding and State Collapse:.

1. Putting State Collapse in Context: History, Politics and the Genealogy of a Concept: Christopher Clapham, Lancaster University.

2. State Collapse and Fresh Starts: Some Critical Reflections: Martin Doornbos, Institute of Social Studies.

3.State Collapse and Implications for Peace-Building and Reconstruction: Alexandros Yannis, Graduate Institute of International Studies.

Part II: Anatomies of Failure and Collapse:.

4. Collapsing States and Non-Revolutionary Insurgencies: William Reno, Northwestern University.

5. Rising From the Ashes? The Difficult Rebirth of the Georgian State: Spyros Demetriou, Graduate Institute of International Studies.