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State building : Governance and world order in the 21st century

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Publication details: New York Cornell University Press 2004Description: 137p ixISBN:
  • 9780801442926
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.100000 FUK
Contents:
Table of contents: 1. The Missing Dimensions of Stateness; The Contested Role of the State; Scope versus Strength; Scope, Strength, and Economic Development; The New Conventional Wisdom; The Supply of Institutions; The Demand for Institutions; Making Things Worse2. Weak States and the Black Hole of Public Administration; Institutional Economics and the Theory of Organizations; The Ambiguity of Goals; Principals, Agents, and Incentives; Decentralization and Discretion; Losing, and Reinventing, the Wheel; Capacity-Building under Conditions of Organizational Ambiguity: Policy Implications3. Weak States and International Legitimacy; The New Empire; The Erosion of Sovereignty; Nation-Building; Democratic Legitimacy at an International Level; Beyond the Nation-State4. Smaller but Stronger Bibliography; Index
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Table of contents:
1. The Missing Dimensions of Stateness;
The Contested Role of the State;
Scope versus Strength;
Scope, Strength, and Economic Development;
The New Conventional Wisdom;
The Supply of Institutions;
The Demand for Institutions;
Making Things Worse2. Weak States and the Black Hole of Public Administration;
Institutional Economics and the Theory of Organizations;
The Ambiguity of Goals;
Principals, Agents, and Incentives;
Decentralization and Discretion;
Losing, and Reinventing, the Wheel;
Capacity-Building under Conditions of Organizational Ambiguity: Policy Implications3. Weak States and International Legitimacy;
The New Empire;
The Erosion of Sovereignty;
Nation-Building;
Democratic Legitimacy at an International Level;
Beyond the Nation-State4. Smaller but Stronger Bibliography;
Index

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