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'State failure’ in theory and practice: the idea of the state and the contradictions of state formation

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25.05.11 'State failure’ in theory and practice: the idea of the state and the contradictions of state formation

Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl

i Review of International Studies, vol. 37, issue 1

British International Studies Association (BISA) (2011)

p. 229-247.

This article provides a critique of the discourse of ‘failed states’, and outlines an alternative approach.

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