The Fragility of the 'Failed State' Paradigm

A Different International Law Perception of the Absence of Effective Government
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17812-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 63, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 633 g

Reihe: Developments in International Law

The absence of effective government, one of the most important issues in current international law, became prominent with the“failed state” concept at the beginning of the 1990s. Public international law, however, lacked sufficient legal means to deal with the phenomenon. Neither attempts at state reconstruction in countries such as Afghanistan and Somalia on the legal basis of Chapter VII of the UN Charter nor economic liberalisation have addressed fundamental social and economic problems. This work investigates the weaknesses of the “failed state” paradigm as a long-term solution for international peace and security, arguing that the solution to the absence of effective government can be found only in an economic and social approach and a true universalisation of international law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akpinarli, Neyire

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention

Über Autor(innen)

Neyire Akpinarli, JD (1996), University of Ankara and LLM (2004) and PhD (2008) in Law, University of Bremen, Germany, is a Scientific Officer in the University of Erfurt, Germany, Faculty of Public Law and Administrative Science.