Overview
- Examines the various ways in which some fragile states in the Global South have adopted, and adapted to, processes of governance in their quests to address the socialized problems affecting their societies
- Analyzes the engendered interplay of culture, economics, and politics in the creation of people-centric governance reforms
- Sheds light on weak states’ often constructive engagement in the promotion of state governance under a variety of societal conditions
Part of the book series: Governance and Limited Statehood (GLS)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Helen Ware is a Professor of Development Practice at the University of New England, Australia. She is a former Australian ambassador to African countries (Angola and Namibia), human rights officer, and senior AusAID official.
John Idriss Lahai is Research Fellow at the University of New England, Australia. He is former Policy Lead and Director of Research for several projects in sub-Saharan Africa for a consortium of USA/Australia-based research intensive universities.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Governance and Societal Adaptation in Fragile States
Editors: John Idriss Lahai, Helen Ware
Series Title: Governance and Limited Statehood
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40134-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40133-7Published: 10 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40136-8Published: 10 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-40134-4Published: 09 June 2020
Series ISSN: 2947-8944
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8952
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 275
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: African Politics, Development and Social Change, Development and Sustainability