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The Political Invention of Fragile States - The Power of Ideas (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,469
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The Political Invention of Fragile States - The Power of Ideas (Hardcover): Sonja Grimm, Nicolas Lemay-Hebert, Olivier Nay

The Political Invention of Fragile States - The Power of Ideas (Hardcover)

Sonja Grimm, Nicolas Lemay-Hebert, Olivier Nay

Series: ThirdWorlds

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This book investigates the emergence, the dissemination and the reception of the notion of state fragility . It analyses the process of conceptualisation, examining how the fragile states concept was framed by policy makers to describe reality in accordance with their priorities in the fields of development and security. Contributors investigate the instrumental use of the state fragility label in the legitimisation of Western policy interventions in countries facing violence and profound poverty. They also emphasise the agency of actors on the receiving end, describing how the elites and governments in so-called fragile states have incorporated and reinterpreted the concept to fit their own political agendas. A first set of articles examines the role played by the World Bank, the OECD, the European Union and the G7+ in the transnational diffusion of the concept, which is understood as a critical element in the new discourse on international aid and security. A second set of papers employs three case studies (Sudan, Indonesia and Uganda) to explore the processes of appropriation, reinterpretation and the strategic use of the fragile state concept.

This book was originally published as a special issue of "Third World Quarterly.""

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: ThirdWorlds
Release date: October 2014
First published: 2015
Editors: Sonja Grimm • Nicolas Lemay-Hebert • Olivier Nay
Dimensions: 246 x 174 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-80153-0
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Regional geography
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General
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LSN: 1-138-80153-4
Barcode: 9781138801530

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