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Development and the State in the 21st Century provides a
comprehensive analysis of the state's role in contemporary
development. The book examines the challenges that states face in
the developing world - from lasting poverty and political
instability to disease and natural disasters - and explores the
ways in which states can build capacity to surmount these
challenges. It takes seriously the role that state institutions can
play in development while also looking at what institutional reform
entails and why this reform is critical for policy recommendations
to work. This analysis is set in the context of the evolution of
both development practice and development theory. Chapters are
organized around the key issues in the field and deploy a wide
range of examples from different countries. A range of case studies
throughout the text demonstrate the variety of problems development
practitioners face and the key theoretical debates surrounding the
subject. This text will be particularly useful to students of
development and politics who wish to understand how governance and
state-building can improve countries' economic performance and end
cycles of poverty.
Development and the State in the 21st Century provides a
comprehensive analysis of the state's role in contemporary
development. The book examines the challenges that states face in
the developing world - from lasting poverty and political
instability to disease and natural disasters - and explores the
ways in which states can build capacity to surmount these
challenges. It takes seriously the role that state institutions can
play in development while also looking at what institutional reform
entails and why this reform is critical for policy recommendations
to work. This analysis is set in the context of the evolution of
both development practice and development theory. Chapters are
organized around the key issues in the field and deploy a wide
range of examples from different countries. A range of case studies
throughout the text demonstrate the variety of problems development
practitioners face and the key theoretical debates surrounding the
subject. This text will be particularly useful to students of
development and politics who wish to understand how governance and
state-building can improve countries' economic performance and end
cycles of poverty.
Despite the spread of democratization following the Cold War's end,
all signs indicate that we are currently seeing a resurgence of
authoritarianism. Around forty percent of the world's people live
under some form of authoritarian rule, and authoritarian regimes
govern about a third of the world's countries. In Authoritarianism:
What Everyone Needs to KnowRG, Erica Frantz guides us through
today's authoritarian wave, explaining how it came to be and what
its features are. She also looks at authoritarians themselves,
focusing in particular on the techniques they use to take power,
the strategies they use to survive, and how they fall. As she
demonstrates, understanding how politics works in authoritarian
regimes and recognizing the factors that either give rise to them
or trigger their downfall, remains as important as ever. This book
paves the ways for such an understanding. Authoritarianism is a
clear and concise overview that provides readers with a context for
making sense of one of the most important-and most
worrying-developments in contemporary world politics.
Despite the spread of democratization following the Cold War's end,
all signs indicate that we are currently seeing a resurgence of
authoritarianism. Around forty percent of the world's people live
under some form of authoritarian rule, and authoritarian regimes
govern about a third of the world's countries. In Authoritarianism:
What Everyone Needs to KnowRG, Erica Frantz guides us through
today's authoritarian wave, explaining how it came to be and what
its features are. She also looks at authoritarians themselves,
focusing in particular on the techniques they use to take power,
the strategies they use to survive, and how they fall. As she
demonstrates, understanding how politics works in authoritarian
regimes and recognizing the factors that either give rise to them
or trigger their downfall, remains as important as ever. This book
paves the ways for such an understanding. Authoritarianism is a
clear and concise overview that provides readers with a context for
making sense of one of the most important-and most
worrying-developments in contemporary world politics.
What do we mean by failed states and why is this concept important
to study? The "failed states" literature is important because it
aims to understand how state institutions (or lack thereof) impact
conflict, crime, coups, terrorism and economic performance. In
spite of this objective, the "failed state" literature has not
focused enough on how institutions operate in the developing world.
This book unpacks the state, by examining the administrative,
security, judicial and political institutions separately. By doing
so, the book offers a more comprehensive and clear picture of how
the state functions or does not function in the developing world,
merging the failed state and institutionalist literatures. Rather
than merely describing states in crisis, this book explains how and
why different types of institutions deteriorate. Moreover, the book
illustrates the impact that institutional decay has on political
instability and poverty using examples not only from Africa but
from all around the world.
This accessible volume shines a light on how autocracy really works
by providing basic facts about how post-World War II dictatorships
achieve, retain, and lose power. The authors present an
evidence-based portrait of key features of the authoritarian
landscape with newly collected data about 200 dictatorial regimes.
They examine the central political processes that shape the policy
choices of dictatorships and how they compel reaction from policy
makers in the rest of the world. Importantly, this book explains
how some dictators concentrate great power in their own hands at
the expense of other members of the dictatorial elite. Dictators
who can monopolize decision making in their countries cause much of
the erratic, warlike behavior that disturbs the rest of the world.
By providing a picture of the central processes common to
dictatorships, this book puts the experience of specific countries
in perspective, leading to an informed understanding of events and
the likely outcome of foreign responses to autocracies.
What do we mean by failed states and why is this concept important
to study? The "failed states" literature is important because it
aims to understand how state institutions (or lack thereof) impact
conflict, crime, coups, terrorism and economic performance. In
spite of this objective, the "failed state" literature has not
focused enough on how institutions operate in the developing world.
This book unpacks the state, by examining the administrative,
security, judicial and political institutions separately. By doing
so, the book offers a more comprehensive and clear picture of how
the state functions or does not function in the developing world,
merging the failed state and institutionalist literatures. Rather
than merely describing states in crisis, this book explains how and
why different types of institutions deteriorate. Moreover, the book
illustrates the impact that institutional decay has on political
instability and poverty using examples not only from Africa but
from all around the world.
"Dictators and Dictatorships" is a qualitative enquiry into the
politics of authoritarian regimes. It argues that political
outcomes in dictatorships are largely a product of leader-elite
relations. Differences in the internal structure of dictatorships
affect the dynamics of this relationship. This book shows how
dictatorships differ from one another and the implications of these
differences for political outcomes. In particular, it examines
political processes in personalist, military, single-party,
monarchic, and hybrid regimes.The aim of the book is to provide a
clear definition of what dictatorship means, how authoritarian
politics works, and what the political consequences of dictatorship
are. It discusses how authoritarianism influences a range of
political outcomes, such as economic performance, international
conflict, and leader and regime durability.Numerous case studies
from around the world support the theory and research presented to
foster a better understanding of the inner workings of
authoritarian regimes. By combining theory with concrete political
situations, the book will appeal to undergraduate students in
comparative politics, international relations, authoritarian
politics, and democratization.
This accessible volume shines a light on how autocracy really works
by providing basic facts about how post-World War II dictatorships
achieve, retain, and lose power. The authors present an
evidence-based portrait of key features of the authoritarian
landscape with newly collected data about 200 dictatorial regimes.
They examine the central political processes that shape the policy
choices of dictatorships and how they compel reaction from policy
makers in the rest of the world. Importantly, this book explains
how some dictators concentrate great power in their own hands at
the expense of other members of the dictatorial elite. Dictators
who can monopolize decision making in their countries cause much of
the erratic, warlike behavior that disturbs the rest of the world.
By providing a picture of the central processes common to
dictatorships, this book puts the experience of specific countries
in perspective, leading to an informed understanding of events and
the likely outcome of foreign responses to autocracies.
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