FROM NATION-BUILDING TO STATE-BUILDING by Mark T. Berger (Editor) ( 9781317997238 )

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FROM NATION-BUILDING TO STATE-BUILDING

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1317997239

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9781317997238

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

13 September, 2013

Series:

ThirdWorlds

Pages:

224

Description:

Focusing on both historical and contemporary examples, this book explores 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 21st century. It is for students and scholars of comparative politics and peace studies.

Synopsis:

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.

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