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    The idea of failed states community, society, nation, and patterns of cohesion by Breede, H. Christian

    Published 2017
    Table of Contents: “…1 The puzzle of failed states; 2 Measuring failure or capability?; 3 Concepts of cohesion; 4 Bringing in social capital; 5 Challenges to social capital and the centrality of trust; 6 The idea and a measure of the nation; 7 The idea and a measure of community and society; 8 What state strength looks like; 9 Conclusion: new approaches;…”
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    Failed states and the origins of violence a comparative analysis of state failure as a root cause of terrorism and political violence by Howard, Tiffiany

    Published 2016
    Table of Contents: “…-- Beyond failed states : reflecting on state failure and the origins of violence and the future threat of transnational terrorism.…”
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    States of disorder understanding state failure and intervention in the periphery by Halvorson, Daniel

    Published 2013
    Subjects: “…Failed states.…”
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    Persistent state weakness in the global age

    Published 2009
    Subjects: “…Failed states…”
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    The long war insurgency, counterinsurgency and collapsing states

    Published 2008
    Subjects: “…Failed states…”
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    Red line American foreign policy in a time of fractured politics and failing states by Crowley, P. J.

    Published 2017
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    Crusade and jihad the thousand-year war between the Muslim world and the global north by Polk, William R. (William Roe) 1929-2020

    Published 2018
    Table of Contents: “…Somalia, the "failed state" --…”
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    China, Xinjiang and Central Asia history, transition and crossborder interaction into the 21st century /

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…'Failed states' on the 'perilous frontier' : historical bases of state formation in Afghanistan and Central Asia /…”
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    Modern geopolitics and security strategies for unwinnable conflicts by Guiora, Amos N. 1957-

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…Containment, use of force, and failed states -- 7. Moving forward : the new world.…”
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    The future of war a history by Freedman, Lawrence

    Published 2017
    Table of Contents: “…Decisive battle -- Indecisive battle -- The house of strife -- Victory through cruelty -- Failures of peace -- Total war -- The balance of terror -- Stuck in the nuclear age -- A surprise peace -- A science of war -- Counting the dead -- Democracy and war -- New wars and failed states -- Ancient hatreds and mineral curses -- Intervention -- Counter-insurgency to counter-terrorism -- From counter-terrorism to counter-insurgency -- The role of barbarism -- Cure not prevention -- Hybrid wars -- Cyberwar -- Robots and drones -- Mega-cities and climate change -- Coming wars -- The future of the future of war…”
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    The future of war a history by Freedman, Lawrence

    Published 2019
    Table of Contents: “…Decisive battle -- Indecisive battle -- The house of strife -- Victory through cruelty -- Failures of peace -- Total war -- The balance of terror -- Stuck in the nuclear age -- A surprise peace -- A science of war -- Counting the dead -- Democracy and war -- New wars and failed states -- Ancient hatreds and mineral curses -- Intervention -- Counter-insurgency to counter-terrorism -- From counter-terrorism to counter-insurgency -- The role of barbarism -- Cure not prevention -- Hybrid wars -- Cyberwar -- Robots and drones -- Mega-cities and climate change -- Coming wars -- The future of the future of war…”
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    Global political Islam by Mandaville, Peter G. 1971-

    Published 2007
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction : thinking about Islam and politics in global perspective -- Islam and politics : history and key concepts -- State formation and the making of Islamism -- Islam in the system : the evolution of Islamism as political strategy -- Islam as the system : Islamic states and "Islamization" from above -- Islam for lack of a system : Islamism in weak and failed states -- Radical Islamism and jihad beyond the nation-state -- Muslim transnationalism : brotherhoods, networks, diasporas -- Who speaks for Islam? …”
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    Education in East and Central Africa

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…Angola: An Overview -- Burundi: Trends and Challenges -- The Central African Republic: The Vicious Circle of Economic Underdevelopment and Dysfunctional Education -- Republic of Congo: Education and Lavour Market -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo: An Overview -- Djibouti: Formal and Informal Education -- Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tomé and Principé: Context, Analysis and Comparison -- Eritrea: Educational Development Pre- and Post-Independence -- Ethiopia: An Overview -- The Republic of Gabon: An Overview -- Kenya: An Overview -- Rwanda: An Overview -- Somalia: Succeeding in a Failed State -- South Sudan: An Overview -- Tanzania: Revisiting Eastern and Central African Education Systems -- Uganda: An Overview -- Zambia: An Overview of Formal Education…”
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    Understanding the Somalia conflagration identity, political Islam and peacebuilding by Elmi, Afyare Abdi

    Published 2010
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    The Levant express the Arab uprisings, human rights, and the future of the Middle East by Ishay, Micheline

    Published 2019
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    Politics in the developing world

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…Scarritt -- Religion / Jeff Haynes -- Women and gender / Kathleen Staudt -- Civil society / Marina Ottaway -- Social movements and alternative politics / Siri Gloppen -- Part III: State and society -- Theorizing the state / Adrian Leftwich -- Violent conflict and intervention / Astri Suhrke and Torunn Wimpelmann -- Democratization / Peter Burnell and Lise Rakner -- Governance / Lise Rakner -- Part IV: Policy issues -- Development / Tony Addison -- Environment / Peter Newell -- Human rights / Michael Freeman -- Security / Nicole Jackson -- Part V: Regime change -- Pakistan : regime change and military power / David Taylor -- Indonesia : redistributing power / Edward Aspinall -- Part VI: Fragile versus strong states -- Iraq : from hard state to failed state, or fierce state? / Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt -- Mexico : transition to civil war democracy / Andreas Schedler -- South Korea : strong state, successful development / Peter Ferdinand -- Part VII: Development and human rights -- Nigeria : human rights, development, and democracy / Stephen Wright -- Guatemala : enduring underdevelopment / Rachel Sieder -- Part VIII: South-South relations -- Brazil as a global player? …”
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    Great powers and regional orders the United States and the Persian Gulf

    Table of Contents: “…U.S. strategy towards the Persian Gulf : from rogue states to failed states / Phebe Marr -- 3. Charting U.S. security strategy in the Persian Gulf / James A. …”
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