Global Forces and State Restructuring : Dynamics of State Formation and Collapse

by Doornbos, Martin

• ISBN13: 9781403996824
• ISBN10: 1403996822
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-14
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This study probes into different dynamics in state-society relations which are key to an understanding of the contemporary world: processes of state formation, collapse and restructuring, all strongly influenced by globalisation in its various respects. Themes addressed include strategies of state construction, and trajectories of state decline, collapse and re-start. Particular attention is given to externally directed state restructuring and to resulting patterns in state-society relationships. This interest also calls for examining the politics of statelessness and the dynamics of identity and power.

Author Biography

Martin Doornbos is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, and Visiting Professor of Development Studies at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Dynamics of State Formation and Collapse, Past and Present	1	(28)
Globalization and the State: Reconfiguring the Connections	29	(19)
The African State in Academic Debate: Shifting Perspectives	48	(25)
`Good Governance': The Metamorphoses of a Policy Metaphor	73	(20)
Of State Collapse and Fresh Starts: Some Critical Reflections	93	(26)
Linking the Future to the Past: Ethnicity, Reforms and Pluralism	119	(16)
State and Identity in Europe and India: Comparative Dynamics	135	(40)
When is a State a State? Exploring Puntland, Somalia	175	(20)
Conclusions: Whither the State?	195	(9)
Bibliography	204	(15)
Index	219