TY - BOOK AU - Kaplan,Seth D. TI - Fixing fragile states: a new paradigm for development SN - 9780275998288 (alk. paper) AV - JF60.K36 2008 U1 - 320.9172/4 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Praeger Security International KW - Political stability KW - Developing countries KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: why fragile states matter -- Part I: Diagnosis -- Fostering development: the missing ingredients -- Fragile states, fractured societies -- Part II: Prescriptions -- A new paradigm for development -- Part III: Application -- West Africa: stitching a fragmented region together -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo: constructing the state bottom up -- Syria: countering sectarianism with unifying institutions -- Somaliland: reconnecting state and society -- Bolivia: building representative institutions in a divided country -- Pakistan: redirecting a country's trajectory -- Azerbaijan: pressing reform on an autocracy UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0812/2008008791.html ER -