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State-building : governance and world order in the 21st century / Francis Fukuyama.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, c2004.Description: xiii, 137 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0801442923 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780801442926 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.1
LOC classification:
  • JA 66 F961s 2004
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Contents:
The missing dimensions of stateness -- Weak states and the black hole of public administration -- Weak states and international legitimacy -- Smaller but stronger.
Summary: Fukuyama begins State-Building with an account of the broad importance of "stateness." He rejects the notion that there can be a science of public administration and discusses the causes of contemporary state weakness. He ends the book with a discussion of the consequences of weak states for international order and the grounds on which the international community may legitimately intervene to prop them up.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JA 66 F961s 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000022520

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-132) and index.

The missing dimensions of stateness -- Weak states and the black hole of public administration -- Weak states and international legitimacy -- Smaller but stronger.

Fukuyama begins State-Building with an account of the broad importance of "stateness." He rejects the notion that there can be a science of public administration and discusses the causes of contemporary state weakness. He ends the book with a discussion of the consequences of weak states for international order and the grounds on which the international community may legitimately intervene to prop them up.

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