The Fallacy of the ‘Failed State’

摘要: Abstract This article examines the origins and evolution of concepts ‘failed’ ‘failing’ states, arguing that terms have come to be used in such widely divergent problematic ways they lost any utility. The details six serious problems with term ‘state failure’ related like ‘fragile’ or ‘troubled’ concluding analysts should abandon these terms. It concludes a modest attempt develop alternative principles for thinking about diverse states pose varied challenges academic analysis policy makers.