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Contents Lists of figures and tables viii List of contributors ix Foreword xv David M. Malone Acknowledgements xvii Introduction: Making states work 1 Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff and Ramesh Thakur Part I: Issues 11 1 Policy responses to state failure 13 Sebastian von Einsiedel 2 The legacy of colonialism 36 James Mayall 3 Human rights, power and the state 59 Michael Ignatieff Part II: Regions 77 4 The Great Lakes and South Central Asia 79 Andrea Armstrong and Barnett R. Rubin 5 Colombia and the Andean crisis 102 Mónica Serrano and Paul Kenny 6 The South Pacific 122 Benjamin Reilly and Elsina Wainwright Part III: Margins 143 7 Reviving state legitimacy in Pakistan 145 Samina Ahmed 8 Disintegration and reconstitution in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 167 Hazel Smith 9 Afghanistan's weak state and strong society 193 Amin Saikal Part IV: Successes 211 10 Success in Mozambique? 213 Michel Cahen 11 State-building, national leadership and ``relative success'' in Costa Rica 234 Abelardo Morales-Gamboa and Stephen Baranyi 12 From vulnerability to success: The British withdrawal from Singapore 252 Patricia Shu Ming Tan and Simon S. C. Tay Part V: Choices 271 13 Early and ``early late'' prevention 273 I. William Zartman 14 Making humanitarianism work 296 Thomas G. Weiss and Peter J. Hoffman 15 Transitional justice 318 Alex Boraine 16 Transitional administration, state-building and the United Nations 339 Simon Chesterman 17 Conclusion: The future of state-building 359 Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff and Ramesh Thakur Index 388
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Political stability.
Legitimacy of governments.
Social contract.