abstract Scholars in management and economics widely share the assumption that
business firms focus on profits only, while it is the task of the state system to provide public …

The project behind this book started shortly after Gender and Nation (1997, Sage) was
published, although it took quite a few years before it was crystallized into this format. In a …

Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and
peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. The third edition of this …

The CCP government has adopted a very pragmatic strategy of “performance legitimacy”
since China began its reform. It means that the government relies on accomplishing …

The article advances conceptual alternatives to the 'failed state.'It provides reasons why the
concept is deficient, showing especially how counterproductive it is to aggregate states as …

After independence in 1948, Sri Lanka enjoyed a booming economy and a liberal
parliamentary democracy. Then, in pursuit of power and fundamentalist Buddhism …

The Western-led efforts to establish a new post-Taliban order in Afghanistan are in serious
trouble, and in this book Suhrke sets out to explain why. She begins with the dynamic of the …

Executive summary This literature review has been completed as part of an OECD multi-
donor evaluation of PSGRs in developing countries between 2001 and 2011. The review …

This article argues that there is a close link between security sector reform (ssr) and state
building. Focusing on UK approaches to state building and ssr, it argues that these are an …

This article provides a critique of the discourse of 'failed states', and outlines an alternative
approach. It is argued that by taking the model of the modern state for granted, and by …