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States Within States: Incipient Political Entities in the Post-Cold War Era

By Paul Kingston , Ian Spears

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2004
ISBN
9781403963857, 1403963851
LCC
JC11 .S773 2004
Open Library ID
OL22590652M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5551093 bytes)
Pages
214\214
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

Many states in the Third World remain fragile and prone to collapse because they face challenges from cohesive groups within their borders. Such groups form ''states-within-states'' having many of the functional characteristics of states--including administrative structures, defined territories, and armed militias--but their status remains contested and unclear. From Colombia to Lebanon, from Iraqi Kurdistan to the Sudan, the contests between central control and regional autonomy often turn violent and pose severe humanitarian challenges problematic to the international community given the norms of sovereignty and non-intervention in domestic affairs.

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