Governance without a state? : policies and politics in areas of limited statehood /

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Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 297 pages) : map
Language:	English
Subject:	Security, International. Failed states. Non-state actors (International relations) Nation-building. Failed states. Nation-building. Non-state actors (International relations) Security, International. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11119584

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Other authors / contributors:	Risse-Kappen, Thomas.
ISBN:	0231521871 9780231521871 9780231151207 0231151209 9780231151214 0231151217 1283300672 9781283300674 9786613300676 6613300675
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English.
Summary:	Governance discourse in development agencies and the social sciences remains centered on an ""ideal type"" of modern statehood, one that exhibits full internal and external sovereignty and a legitimate monopoly on the use of force. Yet modern statehood remains an anomaly, both historically and in the contemporary international system, while the condition of ""limited statehood, "" wherein countries lack the capacity to implement central decisions and monopolize force, is the norm. Limited statehood, argue the authors in this provocative collection, is in fact a fundamental form of governan.
Other form:	Print version: 9780231151207 0231151209

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