The Political Invention Of Fragile States

Author : Sonja Grimm,Nicolas Lemay-Hebert,Olivier Nay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317625452

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The Political Invention of Fragile States by Sonja Grimm,Nicolas Lemay-Hebert,Olivier Nay Pdf

This book investigates the emergence, the dissemination and the reception of the notion of ‘state fragility’. It analyses the process of conceptualisation, examining how the ‘fragile states’ concept was framed by policy makers to describe reality in accordance with their priorities in the fields of development and security. Contributors investigate the instrumental use of the ‘state fragility’ label in the legitimisation of Western policy interventions in countries facing violence and profound poverty. They also emphasise the agency of actors ‘on the receiving end’, describing how the elites and governments in so-called ‘fragile states’ have incorporated and reinterpreted the concept to fit their own political agendas. A first set of articles examines the role played by the World Bank, the OECD, the European Union and the G7+ in the transnational diffusion of the concept, which is understood as a critical element in the new discourse on international aid and security. A second set of papers employs three case studies (Sudan, Indonesia and Uganda) to explore the processes of appropriation, reinterpretation and the strategic use of the ‘fragile state’ concept. This book was originally published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly.

Author : John Idriss Lahai,Karin von Strokirch,Howard Brasted,Helen Ware
Publisher : Springer
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,7 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 : Michael K. Carroll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Canada
ISBN : 155238845X

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From Kinshasa to Kandahar by Michael K. Carroll Pdf

Author : Charles W. Calomiris,Stephen H. Haber
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691168357

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Fragile by Design by Charles W. Calomiris,Stephen H. Haber Pdf

Why stable banking systems are so rare Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries—but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone but have provided miniscule amounts of credit to business enterprises and households. Analyzing the political and banking history of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil through several centuries, Fragile by Design demonstrates that chronic banking crises and scarce credit are not accidents. Calomiris and Haber combine political history and economics to examine how coalitions of politicians, bankers, and other interest groups form, why they endure, and how they generate policies that determine who gets to be a banker, who has access to credit, and who pays for bank bailouts and rescues. Fragile by Design is a revealing exploration of the ways that politics inevitably intrudes into bank regulation.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,6 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 : René Grotenhuis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9462982198

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Nation-building as Necessary Effort in Fragile States by René Grotenhuis Pdf

René Grotenhuis analyses policies intended to bring stability to fragile states and shows how they ignore the question of what gives people a sense of belonging to a nation-state.

Author : Lothar Brock,Hans-Henrik Holm,Georg Sorenson,Michael Stohl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,9 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 : Mark Fathi Massoud
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107026070

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Law's Fragile State by Mark Fathi Massoud Pdf

This book uncovers how colonial administrators, postcolonial governments and international aid agencies have promoted stability and their own visions of the rule of law in Sudan.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264083882

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Conflict and Fragility The State's Legitimacy in Fragile Situations Unpacking Complexity by OECD Pdf

State legitimacy matters because it transforms power into authority and provides the basis for rule by consent, rather than by coercion. In fragile situations, a lack of legitimacy undermines constructive relations between the state and society, and ...

Author : Ralph Chami,Raphael Espinoza,Peter J. Montiel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192594549

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Macroeconomic Policy in Fragile States by Ralph Chami,Raphael Espinoza,Peter J. Montiel Pdf

Setting macroeconomic policy is especially difficult in fragile states. Political legitimacy concerns are heightened, raising issues such as who the policymakers are, what incentives they face, and how the process of policymaking is likely to work under limited legitimacy and high uncertainty both about the macroeconomic environment as well as policy effectiveness. In addition, fragility expands the range of policy objectives in ways that may constrain the attainment of standard macroeconomic objectives. Specifically, in the context of fragility policymakers also need to focus on measures to mitigate fragility itself - i.e., they need to address issues such as regional and ethnic economic disparities, youth unemployment, and food price inflation. Socio-political developments around the world have thus pushed policymakers to broaden their toolkit to improve the effectiveness of macroeconomic management in the face of these constraints. The chapters in Macroeconomic Policy in Fragile States address these issues, both by giving an analytical context from which policymakers can build to answer the questions they face in fragile situations as well as by providing lessons drawn from empirical analyses and case studies. The first section of the volume discusses the interactions between political economy considerations and macroeconomic policymaking. The second section covers the private sector environment in fragile states. The third section focuses on macroeconomic policy, especially fiscal policy, monetary policy, exchange rate policy, external flows, and aid effectiveness. The last section explains the role of the IMF in fragile states and concludes by presenting case studies from the Middle East and from Sub-Saharan Africa. The contributors to the volume are economists and political scientists from academia as well as policymakers from international organizations and from countries affected by fragility.

Author : Robert I. Rotberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815775725

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State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror by Robert I. Rotberg Pdf

The threat of terror, which flares in Africa and Indonesia, has given the problem of failed states an unprecedented immediacy and importance. In the past, failure had a primarily humanitarian dimension, with fewer implications for peace and security. Now nation-states that fail, or may do so, pose dangers to themselves, to their neighbors, and to people around the globe: preventing their failure, and reviving those that do fail, has become a strategic as well as a moral imperative. State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror develops an innovative theory of state failure that classifies and categorizes states along a continuum from weak to failed to collapsed. By understanding the mechanisms and identifying the tell-tale indicators of state failure, it is possible to develop strategies to arrest the fatal slide from weakness to collapse. This state failure paradigm is illustrated through detailed case studies of states that have failed and collapsed (the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, the Sudan, Somalia), states that are dangerously weak (Colombia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan), and states that are weak but safe (Fiji, Haiti, Lebanon).

Author : James L. Leloudis,Robert R. Korstad
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469660400

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Fragile Democracy by James L. Leloudis,Robert R. Korstad Pdf

America is at war with itself over the right to vote, or, more precisely, over the question of who gets to exercise that right and under what circumstances. Conservatives speak in ominous tones of voter fraud so widespread that it threatens public trust in elected government. Progressives counter that fraud is rare and that calls for reforms such as voter ID are part of a campaign to shrink the electorate and exclude some citizens from the political life of the nation. North Carolina is a battleground for this debate, and its history can help us understand why--a century and a half after ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment--we remain a nation divided over the right to vote. In Fragile Democracy, James L. Leloudis and Robert R. Korstad tell the story of race and voting rights, from the end of the Civil War until the present day. They show that battles over the franchise have played out through cycles of emancipatory politics and conservative retrenchment. When race has been used as an instrument of exclusion from political life, the result has been a society in which vast numbers of Americans are denied the elements of meaningful freedom: a good job, a good education, good health, and a good home. That history points to the need for a bold new vision of what democracy looks like.

Author : Stewart Patrick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,6 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 : Eberhard Kienle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429805400

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Egypt by Eberhard Kienle Pdf

Focusing on authoritarian rule, unresolved economic challenges, and external dependency, the volume explains the salient political and economic features of contemporary Egypt against the backdrop of its history since the beginning of the 19th century. Presenting a comprehensive account of developments, it challenges common assumptions about secularists, Islamists, and revolutionaries, as well as 'modernization', 'economic reform', and political stability. Discussing domestic politics, economic change, and external relations since 1945, the author argues that Egypt continued to draw a degree of strength from sustained state-building activities, which its pre-colonial rulers could pursue in a favourable international environment and the partly related emergence of the country as a focal point of collective identity. More consolidated than many other states in the global south, Arab and non-Arab alike, independent Egypt, despite changing economic strategies, remained a (lower) middle-income country and despite repeated political contestation, most recently in the Arab Spring, continued to suffer from autocratic rule. Such continuity reflects not only the interplay between political forces at home, dominated by the military, and inconclusive economic policies but also the external constraints under which governments and other actors in the global south have to act. Based on numerous primary and secondary sources in various languages, including Arabic, and years of fieldwork, the book is a key resource for scholars of all levels, journalists, policymakers, and diplomats interested in comparative politics and the political economy of the Middle East and Egypt.

Author : Jesper Johnsøn
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,9 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.