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.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780857241023; 0857241028; 9780857241016; 085724101X
• ISSN: 0195-6310 ;
• DOI: 10.1108/S0195-6310(2010)27
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 380 p.) : ill.

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...