Tiffiany O. Howard

The Tragedy of Failure (eBook, PDF)

Evaluating State Failure and Its Impact on the Spread of Refugees, Terrorism, and War

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This intriguing approach to international conflict seeks to facilitate a dialogue between academics and policymakers on how to better anticipate and prevent state failure, subsequent forced migration, and the terrorist threat that often results.

Despite the far reaching implications of state failure, little research has been devoted to its consequences. Postulating that failed and failing states enable the existence of terrorist organizations, The Tragedy of Failure: Evaluating State Failure and Its Impact on the Spread of Refugees, Terrorism, and War bridges that gap.

Both descriptive and prescriptive, the book offers a nuanced examination of the relationship between forced migration, state failure, and terrorism. The author suggests policy strategies that are capable of anticipating the onset of forced migration situations before they develop into crises and presents quantitative forecasting models with the ability to predict the occurrence of state failure and forced migration as much as two years in advance. Buoyed by this work and the tools it offers, policymakers can focus more closely on the issue of failed states and the movement of refugees and internally displaced persons in the interest of targeting and eliminating dangerous terrorist organizations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313381218
• Artikelnr.: 37827599

Autorenporträt

Tiffiany O. Howard, PhD, is assistant professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV.

Inhaltsangabe

Tables and Figures Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Origins of the State and
What It Means to Fail 2. The Two Approaches to State Failure 3. A New
Perspective: The Severity Stage Model 4. Evaluating State Failure as a
Cause of Forced Migration 5. State Failure, Refugees, and the Spread of
Terrorism 6. Beyond State Failure: Examining Latent Factors, Failed Public
Policy, and Their Impact on the Forced Migration Crisis 7. The Tragedy of
Failure Appendices Bibliography Index