Exiting the Fragility Trap: Rethinking Our Approach to the World’s Most Fragile States
David Carment, "Exiting the Fragility Trap: Rethinking Our Approach to the World’s Most Fragile States "
English | ISBN: 0821423908 | 2019 | 246 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 0821423908 | 2019 | 246 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
State fragility is a much-debated yet underinvestigated concept in the development and international security worlds. Based on years of research as part of the Country Indicators for Foreign Policy project at Carleton University, Exiting the Fragility Trap marks a major step toward remedying the lack of research into the so-called fragility trap. In examining the nature and dynamics of state transitions in fragile contexts, with a special emphasis on states that are trapped in fragility, David Carment and Yiagadeesen Samy ask three questions: Why do some states remain stuck in a fragility trap? What lessons can we learn from those states that have successfully transitioned from fragility to stability and resilience? And how can third-party interventions support fragile state transitions toward resilience?
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