Crippling Leviathan : : How Foreign Subversion Weakens the State /

Crippling Leviathan : : How Foreign Subversion Weakens the State / / Melissa M. Lee.

Policymakers worry that "ungoverned spaces" pose dangers to security and development. Why do such spaces exist beyond the authority of the state? Earlier scholarship—which addressed this question with a list of domestic failures—overlooked the crucial role that international politics play....

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Lee, Melissa M.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]
©2021
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 12 maps, 17 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The International Dimensions of State Weakness
  • 1. The State of State Authority
  • 2. The Strategy of Foreign Subversion
  • 3. Hostile Neighbors, Weak Peripheries
  • 4. The Roots of Subversion
  • 5. Undermining State Authority in the Philippines
  • 6. Undermining State Authority in Cambodia
  • Conclusion: The Leviathan, Crippled
  • Appendix: Data and Statistics
  • Notes
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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