Failed states, failed theories
Topics
Failed states
State-building
Failed theories
The terms of independence
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Brooks, “Failed States, or the State as Failure?” 2005
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Brooks_2005_Failed States, or the State as Failure
Gilley, “The Case for Colonialism,” 2017
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Gilley – 2017 – The case for colonialism
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Al Jazeera, "Why is Central African Republic failing to contain armed groups?"
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The Daily, "Why Haiti Asked for an Intervention"
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Activities
Somalia
Bukina Faso
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POLS 411
No non-Western IR theory?
Failed states, failed theories
Western IR theory
Competitive systems
IR theory in competitive systems
Imperial systems
Mid-term exam
Updated empires
Societies on the move
Networked states
The Bandung spirit
Pan-Nationalism
Final exam
