Book of Donmon Teith

Weak or failed states - where no government is in control - are the source of many of the world's most serious problems, from poverty, AIDS and drugs to terrori

This book examines the ways in which long-term processes of state-formation limit the possibilities for short-term political projects of statebuilding. Using pr

How do modern states emerge from the turmoil of undergoverned spaces? This is the question Reo Matsuzaki ponders in Statebuilding by Imposition. Comparing Taiwa

This volume examines and evaluates the impact of international statebuilding interventions on the political economy of conflict-affected countries over the past

Here, Conor O'Dwyer introduces the phenomenon of runaway state-building as a consequence of patronage politics in underdeveloped, noncompetitive party systems.