"Since the end of the Cold War, a new dynamic has arisen within the international system, one that does not conform to established notions of the state's monopoly on war. In this changing environment, the global community must decide how to respond to the challenges posed to the state by military threats, political and economic decline, and social fragmentation. This insightful work considers the phenomenon of state failure and asks how the international community might better detect signs of state decayat an early stage and devise legally and politically legitimate responses. This collection of essays brings military and social historians into conversation with political and social scientists and former military officers. In case studies from the former Yugoslavia, Somalia, Iraq, and Colombia, the distinguished contributors argue that early intervention to stabilize social, economic, and political systems offers the greatest promise, whereas military intervention at a later stage is both costlier and less likely to succeed"--
In the post-Cold-War context of states confronted with non-state adversaries, and with the help of expert contributors, Trauschweizer and Miner address the questions: How much anarchy can be tolerated in the international system? How much order can we afford? How do outsiders establish legitimacy and stability? At what point do they intervene? Seven essays/chapters are divided into three parts: state failure ; using force; systemic response. Part I defines fragile state with a case study. Part II considers responses to failing and fragile states. Part III suggests two different systemic responses. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Since the end of the Cold War era, a new dynamic has arisen within the international system, one that does not conform to established notions of the states monopoly on war. In this changing environment, the United States, its allies, and the global community must decide how to respond to the challenges posed to the state by military threats, political and economic decline, and social fragmentation.
Failed States and Fragile Societies considers the phenomenon of state failure and asks how the international community might better detect signs of state decay at an early stage and devise legally and politically legitimate responses. This collection of essays brings military and social historians into conversation with political and social scientists and former military officers. In case studies from the former Yugoslavia to Somalia, Iraq, and Colombia, the distinguished contributors argue that early intervention to stabilize social, economic, and political systems offers the greatest promise, whereas military intervention at a later stage is both costlier and less likely to succeed.
Failed States and Fragile Societies is the first volume in Ohio University Presss Baker Series in Peace and Conflict Studies.
Contributors: David Carment, Yiagadeesen Samy, David Curp, Jonathan House, James Carter, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Robert Rotberg, Ken Menkhaus.
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