Failed States and Institutional Decay Understanding Instability and Poverty in the Developing World

Name: Failed States and Institutional Decay Understanding Instability and Poverty in the Developing World
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ISBN: 9781441150516

ISBN-10: 144115051X

ISBN-13: 9781441150516

Edition: 2013

Authors: Natasha M. Ezrow, Erica Frantz

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The text examines what constitutes a failed state, including what causes institutional decay and its consequences on economic growth, stability, conflict, and terrorism. Globalization and interdependence have had a great impact on state sovereignty. Some states have lost their ability to provide for their citizens, sustain stable borders, prevent internal conflict, and deal with transnational terrorist networks. Labeled failed states, they become the target of foreign intervention and preventative foreign policies. This book explains the causes and consequences of state failure by examining what constitutes a failed state and what is meant by institutional decay and by exploring the…

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 9/12/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English

Natasha M. Ezrow is Lecturer at the University of Essex, UK, where she serves as the Director of the International Development Studies Program.

Erica Frantz (Ph.D., UCLA, 2008) is a political scientist specializing in authoritarian politics. Her research interests intersect comparative politics and international relations, with regional expertise in Latin America and the Middle East. She is currently a political analyst at the Institute for Physical Sciences.