
State Failure
A. Taylor(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 11. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
VII, 259 pages
978-1-349-32017-2 (ISBN)
Description
Andrew Taylor provides an overview of the origins, evolution, and impact of state failure since the 1990s. Avoiding quickly outdated country-based case studies, he focuses on failure as a process rather than an event, putting contemporary usage in a wider historical context.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
VII, 259 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
342 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-32017-2 (9781349320172)
DOI
10.1057/9781137318039
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Andrew Taylor is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has published widely on various aspects of British politics, public policy and the nature of the state and governance. His most recent book dealt with the expansion of the European Union into South East Europe. He is currently working on a study of British bordering policy since the late-nineteenth century.
Content
1. Introduction 2. Definitions 3. Measurement 4. History 5. Sovereignty 6. Violence 7. Environment 8. Governance 9. Consequences 10. Conclusions