| Empire in Denial: The Politics of State-Building Contributor(s): Chandler, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745324282 ISBN-13: 9780745324289 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: In the 1990s, interventionist policies challenged the rights of individual states to self-governance. Today, non-Western states are more likely to be feted by international institutions offering programs of poverty-reduction, democratization and good governance. States without the right to self-government will always lack legitimate authority. The international policy agenda focuses on bureaucratic mechanisms, which can only institutionalize divisions between the West and the non-West and are unable to overcome the social and political divisions of post-conflict states. Highlighting the dangers of current policy-including the redefinition of sovereignty, and the subsequent erosion of ties linking power and accountability-David Chandler offers a critical look at state-building that will be of interest to all students of international affairs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 327.101 |
| LCCN: 2006298818 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.36" W x 8.54" (0.65 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book argues that state-building, as it is currently conceived, does not work. In the 1990s, interventionist policies challenged the rights of individual states to self-governance. Today, non-western states are more likely to be feted by international institutions offering programmes of poverty-reduction, democratisation and good governance. States without the right of self-government will always lack legitimate authority. The international policy agenda focuses on bureaucratic mechanisms, which can only institutionalise divisions between the West and the non-West and are unable to overcome the social and political divisions of post-conflict states. Highlighting the dangers of current policy - including the redefinition of sovereignty, and the subsequent erosion of ties linking power and accountability. |