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Fixing failed states : a framework for rebuilding a fractured world / Ashraf Ghani.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2008.Description: x, 254 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780195342697
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC328.7. G436 2008
Contents:
Contents: Introduction -- Defining the context -- The creeping "sovereignty gap" -- Reversing history -- Webs and flows of cooperation -- Failed politics -- The promises and perils of aid -- Defining the state for the twenty-first century -- Toward a multifunctional view of the state -- The framework: the ten functions of the state -- A new agenda for state building -- International compacts: sovereignty strategies -- National programs: the challenge of implementation -- Conclusion: collective power.
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University JC328.7.G436 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Donated by Daood Moosa. 3ACKU000533421
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Abstract: Pt. 1. Defining the context -- The creeping "sovereignty gap"--Reversing history -- Webs and flows of cooperation -- Failed politics -- The politics and perils of aid -- Pt. 2. Defining the state for the twenty-first century -- Toward a multifunctional view of the state -- The framework: the ten functions of the state -- Pt. 3. A new agenda for state building -- International compacts: sovereignty strategies -- National programs: the challenge of implementation -- Conclusion: Collective power.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction -- Defining the context -- The creeping "sovereignty gap" -- Reversing history -- Webs and flows of cooperation -- Failed politics -- The promises and perils of aid -- Defining the state for the twenty-first century -- Toward a multifunctional view of the state -- The framework: the ten functions of the state -- A new agenda for state building -- International compacts: sovereignty strategies -- National programs: the challenge of implementation -- Conclusion: collective power.

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