Why states recover
Subtitle: changing walking societies into winning nations, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
By: Greg Mills
Publisher: Picador Africa
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 689
ISBN-13: 9781770103252; 9781770103269
Subjects: Political stability; Nation-building; Economic history; Legitimacy of governments; World politics; Economic development; Political aspects; Failed states; Economic conditions; Politics and government
Description: "State failure takes many forms, from the collapse of central authority à la Somalia to the subversion of democracy in Venezuela and Zimbabwe. Assessing why and how states fail is only half of the story, however. More important is pinpointing why they recover. Based on fieldwork in over 40 countries, Why States Recover incorporates first-hand interviews with leadership to disaggregate various state failures and identity instances of recovery - from Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa - while answering a key question: what role is there for insiders and outsiders?"--Back cover.
Notes: "The key reason behind economic failure is, Greg Mills illustrates, politics. But he also convincingly shows how these states can be fixed ... led by those with the most at stake: locals" -- Cover.

Includes index.