TY - BOOK ID - 77919332 TI - Failed and Failing States AU - Ndulo, Muna AU - Grieco, Margaret PY - 2010 SN - 1282588192 9786612588198 1443818844 9781443818841 9781443818667 1443818666 9781282588196 6612588195 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Pub. DB - UniCat KW - Failed states KW - Nation-building KW - Stabilization and reconstruction (International relations) KW - State-building KW - Political development KW - State failure KW - Political science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77919332 AB - State collapse is one of the major threats to peace, stability, and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa today. In a collapsed state the regime finally wears out its ability to satisfy the demands of the various groups in society; it fails to govern or to keep the state together. The collapse is marked by the loss of control over political and economic space. A collapsed state can no longer perform its basic security and development functions and has no effective control over its territ... ER -