Failed states and fragile societies : a new world disorder?

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The work Failed states and fragile societies : a new world disorder? represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Failed states and fragile societies : a new world disorder?

Title remainder

a new world disorder?

Statement of responsibility

edited by Ingo Trauschweizer, Steven M. Miner

Title variation

Failed States and Fragile Societies: A New World Disorder?

Contributor

• Miner, Steven Merritt, 1956-
• Trauschweizer, Ingo

Subject

• Conflict management -- International cooperation
• Failed states -- Case studies
• Human rights
• Humanitarian assistance
• Military policy
• Peaceful change (International relations)
• Security, International
• War
• World politics

Genre

• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

"Since the end of the Cold War, a new dynamic has arisen within the international system, one that does not conform to established notions of the state's monopoly on war. In this changing environment, the global community must decide how to respond to the challenges posed to the state by military threats, political and economic decline, and social fragmentation. This insightful work considers the phenomenon of state failure and asks how the international community might better detect signs of state decay at an early stage and devise legally and politically legitimate responses. This collection of essays brings military and social historians into conversation with political and social scientists and former military officers. In case studies from the former Yugoslavia, Somalia, Iraq, and Colombia, the distinguished contributors argue that early intervention to stabilize social, economic, and political systems offers the greatest promise, whereas military intervention at a later stage is both costlier and less likely to succeed"--

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

LC call number

JC328.7

LC item number

.F35 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Baker series in peace and conflict studies