Fragile States In The Americas

Author : Jonathan D. Rosen,Hanna Samir Kassab
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498543576

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Fragile States in the Americas by Jonathan D. Rosen,Hanna Samir Kassab Pdf

The Americas face many security challenges, including drug trafficking, organized crime, guerrilla movements, terrorism, and environmental challenges. Experts have long debated whether some countries in the region can be classified as failed states. While various states in the Americas have been labeled as failed states, calling a country a failed state is quite controversial and requires a precise definition of what constitutes a failed state. This book instead discusses fragile states in the Americas. Fragile states are weak states that are fertile grounds for organized crime groups and illegal actors as such groups are able to infiltrate the state apparatus through corruption. The goal of this book is to examine fragile states in the region and the major security challenges that these states face. The cause of state fragility is different for various states. Theoretically, the work will conceptualize the meaning of fragility as it relates to state survival and autonomy. Empirically, the book focuses on contemporary threats to the survival of fragile states in the Americas. The book explains and analyzes the main political, security, and economic challenges of these states. It employs a wide array of cases that delve into the security and economic threats and priorities of states in the Americas.

Author : Peter L. Benson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Adolescent psychology
ISBN : 1574825143

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A Fragile Foundation by Peter L. Benson Pdf

Author : Michael K. Carroll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Canada
ISBN : 155238845X

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From Kinshasa to Kandahar by Michael K. Carroll Pdf

Author : Wim Naudé,Amelia U. Santos-Paulino,Mark McGillivray
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191619649

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Fragile States by Wim Naudé,Amelia U. Santos-Paulino,Mark McGillivray Pdf

Overcoming state fragility is one of the most important international development objectives of the 21st century. Many fragile states have turned into failed states, where millions of people are caught in deprivation and seemingly hopeless conditions. Fragile states lack the authority, legitimacy, and capacity that a modern state needs to advance the development of its peoples, and present deep challenges for the design and implementation of development policy. For instance, how is aid to be designed and delivered in a way that will help people in fragile states if their governments lack capacity to absorb and use aid? And what can be done about adverse side-effects of fragile states on their neighbours and the global community, such as heightened insecurity, rising out-migration, displaced populations, and the destruction of natural resources? This book documents the far reaching global repercussions of state fragility and provides a timely contribution to the international discourse on three dimensions of fragile states: their causes, costs, and the responses required. It will appeal to scholars, policymakers, and donors who are concerned about conflict and development. Its aim is to contribute to our understanding of how strong and accountable states can be fostered-states where government and civil society progressively advance human wellbeing, underpin households' resilience in the face of shocks, and form effective partnerships to maximize the benefits of development assistance.

Author : L. Andersen,B. Møller,F. Stepputat
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230605572

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Fragile States and Insecure People? by L. Andersen,B. Møller,F. Stepputat Pdf

This book provides a unique account of the pursuit of security at the edge of the global order. It sheds light on reform of state police and armed forces, and analyses the alternative security structures that emerge in the absence of the state. This book remains open-minded as to which 'model' for security is better.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264985162

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States of Fragility 2020 by OECD Pdf

States of Fragility 2020 sets a policy agenda for fragility at a critical turning point: the final countdown on Agenda 2030 is at hand, and the pandemic has reversed hard-fought gains. This report examines fragility as a story in two parts: the global state of fragility that existed before COVID-19, and the dramatic impact the pandemic is having on that landscape.

Author : Lothar Brock,Hans-Henrik Holm,Georg Sorenson,Michael Stohl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745659510

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Fragile States by Lothar Brock,Hans-Henrik Holm,Georg Sorenson,Michael Stohl Pdf

Today a billion people, including about 340 million of the world's extreme poor, are estimated to live in 'fragile states'. This group of low-income countries are often trapped in cycles of conflict and poverty, which make them acutely vulnerable to a range of shocks and crises. This engaging book defines and clarifies what we mean by fragile states, examining their characteristics in relation to "weak" and "failed" states in the global system, and explaining their development from pre-colonial times to the present day. It explores the connections between fragile statehood and violent conflict, and analyses the limitations of outside intervention from international society. The complexities surrounding 'successes' such as Costa Rica and Botswana - countries which ought to be fragile, but which are not - are analysed alongside the more precarious cases of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan and Haiti. Absorbing and authoritative, Fragile States will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of international relations, security studies and development.

Author : Stewart Patrick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199751518

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Weak Links by Stewart Patrick Pdf

Conventional wisdom among policymakers in both the US and Europe holds that weak and failing states are the source of the world's most pressing security threats today. However, as this book shows, our assumptions about the threats posed by failed and failing states are based on false premises.

Author : Mara E. Karlin
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812294132

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Building Militaries in Fragile States by Mara E. Karlin Pdf

Combining rigorous academic scholarship with the experience of a senior Pentagon policymaker, Mara E. Karlin explores the key national security issue of our time: how to effectively build partner militaries. Given the complex and complicated global security environment, declining U.S. defense budgets, and an increasingly connected (and often unstable) world, the United States has an ever-deepening interest in strengthening fragile states. Particularly since World War II, it has often chosen to do so by strengthening partner militaries. It will continue to do so, Karlin predicts, given U.S. sensitivity to casualties, a constrained fiscal environment, the nature of modern nationalism, increasing transnational security threats, the proliferation of fragile states, and limits on U.S. public support for military interventions. However, its record of success is thin. While most analyses of these programs focus on training and equipment, Building Militaries in Fragile States argues that this approach is misguided. Instead, given the nature of a fragile state, Karlin homes in on the outsized roles played by two key actors: the U.S. military and unhelpful external actors. With a rich comparative case-study approach that spans Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Karlin unearths provocative findings that suggest the traditional way of working with foreign militaries needs to be rethought. Benefiting from the practical eye of an experienced national security official, her results-based exploration suggests new and meaningful findings for building partner militaries in fragile states.

Author : Brian Ganson,Achim Wennmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : International economic relations
ISBN : 1138213977

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Business and Conflict in Fragile States by Brian Ganson,Achim Wennmann Pdf

Large-scale investments in fragile states - in Latin America, Africa, the former Soviet Union and Asia - become magnets for conflict, which undermines business, development and security. International policy responds with regulation, state-building and institutional reform, with poor and often perverse results. Caught up in old ways of thinking about conflict and fragility, and an age-old fight over whether multinational corporations are good or bad for peaceful development, it leaves business-related conflicts in fragile states to multiply and fester. Surveying a new strategic landscape of business and conflict, Brian Ganson and Achim Wennmann conclude that neither company shareholders nor advocates for peaceful development need, or should, accept the growing cost of business-related conflict in fragile states. Drawing on decades of experience from mainstream conflict prevention and violence reduction efforts, as well as promising company practice, they show that even acute conflict is manageable when dealt with pragmatically, locally and on its own terms. The analysis and conclusions of this Adelphi book will interest policymakers, business leaders and community advocates alike - all those hoping to mitigate today's conflicts while helping to reduce fragility and build a firmer foundation for inclusive development.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264302075

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States of Fragility 2018 by OECD Pdf

Three years into the 2030 Agenda it is already apparent that those living in fragile contexts are the furthest behind. Not all forms of fragility make it to the public’s eye: fragility is an intricate beast, sometimes exposed, often lurking underneath, but always holding progress back. Conflict ...

Author : John Idriss Lahai,Karin von Strokirch,Howard Brasted,Helen Ware
Publisher : Springer
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319907499

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Governance and Political Adaptation in Fragile States by John Idriss Lahai,Karin von Strokirch,Howard Brasted,Helen Ware Pdf

The book examines the various ways that fragile states (or states with limited statehood) in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas have adopted, and adapted to, the processes of liberal political governance in their quests to address the problem of political fragility. It presents the stories of resilience in the political adaptation to Western liberal conceptions of governance. In addition to singular or comparative country case studies, this project also examines the interplay of culture, identities, and politics in the creation of people-centric governance reforms. Towards these ends, this volume sheds light on weak states’ often constructive engagement in the promotion of state governance with a variety of political conditions, adverse or otherwise; and their ability to remain resilient despite the complex political, sociocultural, and economic challenges affecting them. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the authors aim to counter the noticeable shortcomings in the discursive representations of fragility, and to contribute a more balanced examination of the narratives about and impact of political adaption and governance in people’s lives and experiences.

Author : Samuel Handlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108415422

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State Crisis in Fragile Democracies by Samuel Handlin Pdf

This book develops a new political-institutional explanation of South America's 'two lefts' and the divergent fates of the region's democratic regimes.

Author : John Idriss Lahai,Karin Von Strokirch,Howard Brasted
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030080897

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Governance and Political Adaptation in Fragile States by John Idriss Lahai,Karin Von Strokirch,Howard Brasted Pdf

Author : Jesper Johnsøn
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781784719715

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Anti-Corruption Strategies in Fragile States by Jesper Johnsøn Pdf

Aid agencies increasingly consider anti-corruption activities important for economic development and poverty reduction in developing countries. In the first major comparative study of work by the World Bank, the European Commission and the UNDP to help governments in fragile states counter corruption, Jesper Johnsøn finds significant variance in strategic direction and common failures in implementation.