Nation-Building as Necessary Effort in Fragile States

Policies intended to bring stability to fragile states tend to focus almost exclusively on building institutions and systems to get governance right. Simply building the state is often seen as sufficient for making it stable and legitimate. But policies like these, René Grotenhuis shows in this book...

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Main Author: Grotenhuis, René (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2016
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