1st Edition
Sovereignty, State Failure and Human Rights Petty Despots and Exemplary Villains
By Neil Englehart
Copyright 2017
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book argues that the effectiveness of the state apparatus is one of the crucial variables determining human rights conditions, and that state weakness and failure is responsible for much of the human rights abuses we see today. Weak states are unable to control their own agents or to police abuses by private actors, resulting in less accountability and more abuse. By contrast, stronger... Read more
Introduction
1. Rights and the State
2. State Failure
3. A Global View
4. Afghanistan: Catastrophic Collapse
5. Burma/Myanmar: The Illusion of Strength
6. Bihar: The Privatization of Violence
Conclusion
Biography
Neil A. Englehart is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Bowling Green State University, USA.
