During the 1990s the concept of state failure emerged as part of an attempt to explain and understand the complex, postCold War, new world disorder. State failure achieved prominence, being applied to situations of institutional collapse and mass violence that appeared to herald a new level of international instability. Ungoverned territories hosted criminal networks, narcobarons, and terrorists they would be sources of threats flowing from environmental degradation and disease. The failed state influenced profoundly international politics in early21st century. Exploring critically the emergence, evolution and consequences of the state failure concept, Andrew Taylor concludes that despite a superficial plausibility, it lacks sufficient theoretical and empirical rigour to understand the varying phenomena gathered under the heading of state failure. This lack of intellectual depth renders it dangerous as a guide to policy.

Binding: Hardcover;268 pages; Publisher: Springer Nature B.V.; Classification: N/A; Weight: 578.58 g; Dimensions: N/A

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