The Statebuilder's Dilemma : : On the Limits of Foreign Intervention / / David A. Lake.

The central task of all statebuilding is to create a state that is regarded as legitimate by the people over whom it exercises authority. This is a necessary condition for stable, effective governance. States sufficiently motivated to bear the costs of building a state in some distant land are likel...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 4 line figures, 2 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Building Legitimate States
  • 2. Problems of Sovereignty
  • 3. Legitimacy and Loyalty
  • 4. Statebuilding in Iraq
  • 5. Statebuilding in Somalia
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index