States-Within-States: Incipient Political Entities in the Post—Cold War Era

Kingston, P.; Spears, I.

Many of the existing juridical states in the Third World remain fragile and prone to collapse. Yet, these conditions have not always given way to anarchy. In some cases, the breakdown of weak and often arbitrary states has given way to more coherent and viable, though not necessarily benevolent, political entities. This book examines the extent to which these sub-units - ' states within states ' - represent alternatives that the international community could look to in a long-term effort to bring stability, security and development to peoples in the Third World.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2004-05-14

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403963857

DOI: 10.1057/9781403981011

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 202