Rightsizing the State
The Politics of Moving Borders
ISBN13: 9780199244904ISBN10: 0199244901
Hardback,
448 pages
Jan 2002,
In Stock
Price:
$99.00 (06)Description
Strategic decisions to reduce the size, scope, or ambitions of organizations--including states--to enhance future prospects are among the most difficult and least understood conclusions. This volume identifies the conditions in which less really is more, analyzing the possibilities for institutional redesign--including state contraction--for responding effectively to destabilizing and often violence-laden conflicts. Among the countries discussed in detail are Turkey, Pakistan, Morocco, Congo, Jordan, Indonesia, Russia, the former Soviet Union, Iraq, and India.Features
- Ground-breaking new study of how central states might change their shape in response to ethnic upheavals and regionalist demands
- Country-by-country study examining in turn the most key areas of state boundary dispute in the contemporary world
- Contributions from leading scholars
About the Author(s)
Edited by Brendan O'Leary, Professor of Political Science, London School of Economics, Ian S. Lustick, Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Callaghy, Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
