Troubled regions and failing states the clustering and contagion of armed conflicts /

• Other Authors: Harpviken, Kristian Berg
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2010.
• Series: Comparative social research ; v. 27
• Subjects: Failed states.; Failed states > Regional disparities.; National security.; Political violence.; Political stability.; Regionalism.; Social research & statistics.; Sociology.; Social Science > Research.; Social Science > Sociology > General.; Social Science > General.

Is the phenomenon of state failure better understood through a focus on the regional context? To what extent may studies of regional security benefit from a focus on the capacities and vulnerabilities of the states involved? These are the questions addressed in this volume of Comparative Social Rese...