Description
Book SynopsisFailed and fragile states often govern through the criminalization of otherwise inconsequential or tolerated acts. These weak states also frequently use kidnapping, murder, and other violent or oppressive tactics to maintain order and stay in power. State Fragility Around the World: Fractured Justice and Fierce Reprisal analyzes the path to state failure, one manifestation of which appears through the fragility and dysfunction of its criminal justice system. This book examines what happens when a government loses the ability, or will, to provide basic goods and services to its constituents.
Acknowledging the tremendous variability of failed and fragile states, the case studies and analyses contained in this book suggest the existence of functional and structural attributes common across most state systems. The authors explore the plights of various states in which key elements related to their criminal justice systems are weak or fragile. States under examination incl
Table of Contents
Introduction: The State as System. Circumventing the System: Justice Delivery in Fragile States. Punishment in Fragile States. Terrorism in Fragile States. The Relationship between Transnational Crime and State Fragility. Gender Violence and Gender-Based Disparities in Fragile States. Case Study Georgia: A State on the Verge of Failure. Case Studies: Weak and Failing States. Concluding Thoughts.
