| From Nation-Building to State-Building Contributor(s): Berger, Mark T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415413788 ISBN-13: 9780415413787 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $198.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Political Science |
| Dewey: 320.1 |
| LCCN: 2009502801 |
| Series: Thirdworlds |
| Physical Information: 222 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the history of nation-building during the era of decolonization and the Cold War, and on the more recent post-Cold War and post-9/11 pursuit of nation-building in what have become known as 'collapsed' or 'failed' states. In the post-Cold War and post-9/11 era nation-building, or what is increasingly termed state-building, has taken on renewed salience, making it more important than ever to set the idea and practice of nation-building in historical perspective. Focusing on both historical and contemporary examples, the contributors explore a number of important themes that relate to 'successful' and 'unsuccessful' nation-building efforts from South Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s to East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq in the twenty-first century. From Nation-Building to State-Building was previously published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly and will be of interest to students and scholars of comparative politics and peace studies. |