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  • The state of the art on the art of state building

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    Wesley, Michael
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    Wesley, Michael S.
    Year published
    2008
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    From Sierra Leone to Solomon Islands, developed powers have undertaken a range of state-building interventions in the early years of this century. Two influences appear to shape the emerging state of the art on state building: conceptions about the nature of the state in the developed world; and the postcolonial sensitivities and practicalities that attend the project of intervention. After examining the imperatives driving interventions in fragile states, I explore the remarkable consistency among approaches to state building applied by different states and coalitions in different contexts. I then examine the imperatives ...
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    From Sierra Leone to Solomon Islands, developed powers have undertaken a range of state-building interventions in the early years of this century. Two influences appear to shape the emerging state of the art on state building: conceptions about the nature of the state in the developed world; and the postcolonial sensitivities and practicalities that attend the project of intervention. After examining the imperatives driving interventions in fragile states, I explore the remarkable consistency among approaches to state building applied by different states and coalitions in different contexts. I then examine the imperatives driving this convergence of approaches and conclude with some observations tracing the difficulties of contemporary interventions to the current dominant approach to state building.
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    Journal Title
    Global Governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations
    Volume
    14
    Issue
    3
    Publisher URI
    http://journals.rienner.com/doi/abs/10.5555/ggov.2008.14.3.369
    Copyright Statement
    © 2008 Lynne Rienner Publishers. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Political Science not elsewhere classified
    Business and Management
    Policy and Administration
    Political Science
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/23088
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