When States Fail
Subtitle: Causes and Consequences
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: November 24, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780691116716
Subjects: Constitution: government & the state; Development economics; Development studies; Political science & theory; World politics; Political Science; International Relations - General; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Politics and government; Politics - Current Events; History & Theory - General; Political; Political Philosophy; Political Science / International Relations; Political Science and International Relations; 1989-; Developing countries; Legitimacy of governments
First sentence: NATION-STATES FAIL when they are consumed by internal violence and cease delivering positive political goods to their inhabitants.