Why States Recover: Changing Walking Societies into Winning Nations, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe - Couverture souple

Mills, Greg

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849044619 ISBN 13 : 9781849044615

Editeur : C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

State failure takes many forms. Somalia offers one extreme. The country's prolonged civil war led to the collapse of central authority, with state control devolving to warlord-led factions that competed for the spoils of local commerce, political power, and international aid. Malawi, on the other hand, is at the other end of the scale. During President Bingu's second term in office, the country's economy collapsed as a result of poor policies and Bingu's brand of personal politics. On the surface, Malawi's economy seemed largely stable; underneath, however, the polity was fractured and the economy broken.

In between these two extremes of state failure are all manner of examples, many of which Mills explores in the fascinating and profoundly personal Why States Recover. Throughout he returns to his key questions: how do countries recover? What roles should both insiders and outsiders play to aid that process? Drawing on research in more than thirty countries, and incorporating interviews with a dozen leaders, Mills examines state failure and identifies instances of recovery in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. For anyone interested in the reasons behind states' failure, and remedies to ensure future economic stability, it is important reading.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Greg Mills is director of the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation. He is widely published on international affairs, development and security, an advisor to African governments, a regular columnist for local and international newspapers, and the author of the best-selling book Why Africa is Poor - and what Africans can do about it.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849044619
• ISBN 13: 9781849044615
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
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