Four. The Economic Correlates of State Failure: Taxes, Foreign Aid, and Policies

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Maps vii
4. Preface ix
5. One. The Failure and Collapse of Nation-States: Breakdown, Prevention, and Repair 1
6. PART ONE: THE CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF FAILURE
7. Two. Domestic Anarchy, Security Dilemmas, and Violent Predation: Causes of Failure 53
8. Three. The Global-Local Politics of State Decay 77
9. Four. The Economic Correlates of State Failure: Taxes, Foreign Aid, and Policies 94
10. Five. The Deadly Connection: Paramilitary Bands, Small Arms Diffusion, and State Failure 116
11. Six. Preventing State Failure 135
12. PART TWO: POST-FAILURE RESUSCITATION OF NATION-STATES
13. Seven. Forming States after Failure 153
14. Eight. Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration: Lessons and Liabilities in Reconstruction 170
15. Nine. Establishing the Rule of Law 182
16. Ten. Building Effective Trust in the Aftermath of Severe Conflict 222
17. Eleven. Civil Society and the Reconstruction of Failed States 237
18. Twelve. Restoring Economic Functioning in Failed States 256
19. Thirteen. Transforming the Institutions of War: Postconflict Elections and the Reconstruction of Failed States 269
20. Fourteen. Let Them Fail: State Failure in Theory and Practice: Implications for Policy 302
21. Contributors 319
22. Index 323