This book suggests a new explanation for why international peace interventions often fail to
reach their full potential. Based on several years of ethnographic research in conflict zones …

In this paper, we examine the effects of pro-market institutions on both formal and informal
entrepreneurship. While formal entrepreneurship has long been studied in economic …

In this extensively revised new edition of Global Politics, internationally renowned author
Andrew Heywood provides a systematic and integrated analysis of the theory and practice of …

The development discourse has long been dominated by best practices prescriptions for
reform, but these are not a useful way of responding to the governance ambiguities of the …

198 From the outside in limited statehood.” External state and nonstate actors have provided
tens of billions of dollars for service provision in such states. In 2003–2004, official aid …

This is an extensively revised and updated version of a book that was originally published in
2007. In addition to bringing the text up to date in a rapidly changing region, there are …

It is widely believed that the state in developing countries is weak. The public sector, in
particular, is often regarded as corrupt and dysfunctional. This book provides an urgently …

Seemingly from its birth, Pakistan has teetered on the brink of becoming a failed state.
Today, it ranks 133rd out of 148 countries in global competitiveness. Its economy is as …

The language of 'ownership'is commonly used in statebuilding operations, but it is not clear
that the term has either consistency or substance. It certainly does not have its literal …

This book is a critical inquiry into sovereignty and argues that the meaning and functions
performed by this concept have changed significantly during the past decades, with …