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State Failure

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Andrew Taylor

    1. Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK

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Part of the book series: Global Issues (GLOISS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Andrew Taylor
    Pages 1-6

  3. Definitions

    • Andrew Taylor
    Pages 7-30

  4. Measurement

    • Andrew Taylor
    Pages 31-58

  5. History

    • Andrew Taylor
    Pages 59-88

  6. Sovereignty

    • Andrew Taylor
    Pages 89-117

  7. Violence

    • Andrew Taylor
    Pages 118-140

  8. Environment

    • Andrew Taylor
    Pages 141-168

  9. Governance

    • Andrew Taylor
    Pages 169-196

  10. Consequences

    • Andrew Taylor
    Pages 197-223

  11. Conclusions

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    Pages 224-228

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 229-259
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About this book

Andrew Taylor provides an overview of the origins, evolution, and impact of state failure since the 1990s. Avoiding quickly outdated country-based case studies, he focuses on failure as a process rather than an event, putting contemporary usage in a wider historical context.

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  • Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK

    Andrew Taylor

About the author

Andrew Taylor is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has published widely on various aspects of British politics, public policy and the nature of the state and governance. His most recent book dealt with the expansion of the European Union into South East Europe. He is currently working on a study of British bordering policy since the late-nineteenth century.

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