State Fragility : Case Studies and Comparisons (Paperback)

1. State fragility: An introduction  2. Building legitimacy and state capacity in Afghanistan  3. Proximate causes of state fragility and sources of resilience in Lebanon  4. The origin and persistence of state fragility in Burundi  5. Heterogeneous fragility in Pakistan  6. The persistence of fragility in Sierra Leone  7. A weak state and strong microsocieties in Papua New Guinea  8. Consolidating peace and legitimacy in Rwanda  9. Conclusion