This book calls into question the commonly held contentions that
central governments are the most important or even the sole sources
of a nation's stability, and that subnational and transnational
nonstate forces are a major source of global instability.
By assessing recent real-world trends, Mandel reveals that areas
exist where it makes little sense to rely on state governments for
stability, and that attempts to bolster such governments to promote
stability often prove futile. He demonstrates how armed nonstate
groups can sometimes provide local stability better than states,
and how power-sharing arrangements between states and armed
nonstate groups may sometimes be viable. He concludes that these
trends in the international setting call for major shifts in our
understanding of what constitutes stable governance--proposing that
we adopt a fluid "emergent actor" approach. And he calls for
significant deviation from standard policy responses to the
opportunities and dangers posed by nontraditional sources of
national authority.
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