Weak or failed states - where no government is in control - are the source of many of the world's most serious problems, from poverty, AIDS and drugs to terrori

This volume examines and evaluates the impact of international statebuilding interventions on the political economy of conflict-affected countries over the past

This book examines the ways in which long-term processes of state-formation limit the possibilities for short-term political projects of statebuilding. Using pr

How do modern states emerge from the turmoil of undergoverned spaces? This is the question Reo Matsuzaki ponders in Statebuilding by Imposition. Comparing Taiwa

Western struggles—and failures—to create functioning states in countries such as Iraq or Afghanistan have inspired questions about whether statebuilding pro