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
