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Global Forces and State Restructuring

Dynamics of State Formation and Collapse

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  • © 2006

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  1. Martin Doornbos
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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Dynamics of State Formation and Collapse, Past and Present

    • Martin Doornbos
    Pages 1-28

  3. Globalization and the State: Reconfiguring the Connections

    • Martin Doornbos
    Pages 29-47

  4. The African State in Academic Debate: Shifting Perspectives

    • Martin Doornbos
    Pages 48-72

  5. ‘Good Governance’: The Metamorphoses of a Policy Metaphor

    • Martin Doornbos
    Pages 73-92

  6. Of State Collapse and Fresh Starts: Some Critical Reflections

    • Martin Doornbos
    Pages 93-118

  7. Linking the Future to the Past: Ethnicity, Reforms and Pluralism

    • Martin Doornbos
    Pages 119-134

  8. State and Identity in Europe and India: Comparative Dynamics

    • Martin Doornbos
    Pages 135-174

  9. When is a State a State? Exploring Puntland, Somalia

    • Martin Doornbos
    Pages 175-194

  10. Conclusions: Whither the State?

    • Martin Doornbos
    Pages 195-203

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 204-225
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About this book

This study explores a range of dynamics in state-society relations which are crucial to an understanding of the contemporary world: processes of state formation, collapse and restructuring, all strongly influenced by globalization in its various respects. Particular attention is given to externally orchestrated state restructuring.

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'This is an important book that cautions external authorities against subsuming the diversity of situations confronting many developing countries into singular descriptions of failed or collapsed states...Doornbos implores us to understand these different trajectories and to look at the varied possibilities that lie beyond collapse (pp.6-9).' - Robbie Robertson, Development and Change

About the author

MARTIN DOORNBOS is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, and Visiting Professor of Development Studies at Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda. He has extensively researched on state-society dynamics in Africa and India, with a particular focus on the state-identity nexus.

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