FROM NATION-BUILDING TO STATE-BUILDING by Mark T. Berger (Editor) ( 9780415495219 )

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FROM NATION-BUILDING TO STATE-BUILDING

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Mark T. Berger (Editor)

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 October, 2007

Series:

ThirdWorlds

Pages:

222

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Formerly published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly, it examines the history of nation-building during decolonization and the Cold War, and the post-Cold War and post-9/11 pursuit of nation-building in 'collapsed' or 'failed' states.

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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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