TY - BOOK AU - Ghani,Ashraf TI - Fixing failed states : : a framework for rebuilding a fractured world / SN - 9780195342697 AV - JC328.7. G436 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford ; , New York : PB - Oxford University Press, KW - Failed states. N1 - Abstract: Pt. 1. Defining the context -- The creeping "sovereignty gap"--Reversing history -- Webs and flows of cooperation -- Failed politics -- The politics and perils of aid -- Pt. 2. Defining the state for the twenty-first century -- Toward a multifunctional view of the state -- The framework: the ten functions of the state -- Pt. 3. A new agenda for state building -- International compacts: sovereignty strategies -- National programs: the challenge of implementation -- Conclusion: Collective power.; Contents: Introduction -- Defining the context -- The creeping "sovereignty gap" -- Reversing history -- Webs and flows of cooperation -- Failed politics -- The promises and perils of aid -- Defining the state for the twenty-first century -- Toward a multifunctional view of the state -- The framework: the ten functions of the state -- A new agenda for state building -- International compacts: sovereignty strategies -- National programs: the challenge of implementation -- Conclusion: collective power. ER -