Managing State Fragility - Conflict, Quantification and Power

List of contents

Introduction: Aid Engineering: The Correlates of Fragility
1. The Power in Being Practical
2. An Historical Sociology of the Fragile States Label
3. How Quantification Ranks Fragility, Development-And-Conflict
4. 'Good Enough' Politics
5. Efficiency Traps
6. Symbolic Power: The Costs of Engagement and Disengagement
Conclusions: The Case for Subtlety

About the author

Isabel Rocha de Siqueira is Lecturer at the Institute of International Relations, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil, and holds a PhD in International Relations from King’s College London, UK.

Summary

This book looks at the management of ‘state fragility’ and the practices and impacts of quantification over relations of power in international politics.

Product details

• Authors: Isabel Rocha de Siqueira, Isabel Rocha (Pontifical Catholic Uni De Siqueira, Isabel Rocha De Siqueira
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2017
• EAN: 9781138682283
• ISBN: 978-1-138-68228-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security; Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, International Relations, Political structure & processes, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Development Studies, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Political structure and processes