Global forces and state restructuring Dynamics of state formation and collapse /

This study explores a range of dynamics in state-society relations which are crucial to an understanding of the contemporary world: processes of state formation, collapse and restructuring, all strongly influenced by globalization in its various respects. Particular attention is given to externally...

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Main Authors: Doornbos, Martin.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: International political economy series.
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230502154
Summary: This study explores a range of dynamics in state-society relations which are crucial to an understanding of the contemporary world: processes of state formation, collapse and restructuring, all strongly influenced by globalization in its various respects. Particular attention is given to externally orchestrated state restructuring.
Item Description: Ebook.
Originally published in: 2006.
Carrier Form: 240 p.
ISBN: 9781403996824
9780230502154 :
0230502156 :
CLC: D81
Contents: Preface Dynamics of State Formation and Collapse, Past and Present: Introduction Globalization and the State: Reconfiguring the Connections The African State in Academic Debate: Shifting Perspectives 'Good Governance': The Metamorphoses of a Policy Metaphor Of State Collapse and Fresh Starts: Some Critical Reflections Linking the Future to the Past: Ethnicity, Reforms and Pluralism State and Identity in Europe and India: Comparative Dynamics When is a State a State?: Exploring Puntland, Somalia Conclusions: Whither the State? Bibliography Index.