Governance and political adaptation in fragile states. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John Idriss Lahai, Karin von Strokirch, Howard Brasted, Helen Ware.
• Editors: Lahai, John Idriss; Strokirch, Karin von; Brasted, Howard, 1945-; Ware, Helen
• Contents: 1. Introduction.-2. The History and Representations of The Challenges of Governance in the fragile States of Sub-Saharan Africa.-3. Reifying Imagined Communities: The Triumph of the Fragile Nation-State and the Peril of Modernization.-4. From Saving Failed States to Managing Risks: Reinterpreting Fragility through Resilience.-5. Adapting to Survive: The Peculiar Fate of Liberal Governance Models in East Timor.-6. Somalia: The Struggles in the Transient Phases in 'Somali-Style' (and Other Hybrid) Models of Governance.-7. Whither Pakistan: The Ambivalence of Constitutional Road Mapping?.-8. Managing Fragility? Chad's (Il)liberal Interventions and the Making of a Regional Hegemon.-9. More Legitimate, Less Fragile, Less–Liberal? The Adoption and Adaptation of Elections in Afghanistan.-10. Does Electoral Authoritarianism Persist? A Comparison of Recent Elections in Fiji, Seychelles And Maldives.-11. Governance and Political Adaptation: Constituency Development Funds in Solomon Islands and the Construction of a Melanesian State.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 320.91724; Liberalism; Developing countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319907499
• Related ISBNs: 9783319907482
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