Failed States and Fragile Societies : : A New World Disorder?

• Author: Trauschweizer, Ingo.
• TeilnehmendeR: Miner, Steven M.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Baker Series in Peace and Conflict Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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 decay at an early stage and devise legally and politically legitimate responses. This collectio

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part 1: State Failure?; 1: The Future of War; 2: Human Rights and Wrongs in Failed States; Part 2: Using Force?; 3: The Past and Future of Insurgency; 4: "The Lessons of the Last War Are Clear"; 5: Crime, Low-Intensity Conflict, and the Future of War in the Twenty-First Century; Part 3: Systematic Response; 6: Odious and Failed States, Humanitarian Responses; 7: State Collapse and Local Response in Somalia; Postscript; Contributors; INDEX