Fragile States
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Supporting Statebuilding in Situations of Conflict and Fragility
Policy Guidance
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Statebuilding in fragile contexts: key terms and concepts
Please cite this chapter as:
OECD (2011), “Statebuilding in fragile contexts: key terms and concepts”, in Supporting Statebuilding in Situations of Conflict and Fragility: Policy Guidance, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264074989-5-en
This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.
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Chapter 1 Statebuilding in fragile contexts: key terms and concepts
This chapter defines the key terms and concepts that are used in this publication, and examines contemporary understanding of the state, the internal process of statebuilding, and the qualities that define fragile and resilient states.
SUPPORTING STATEBUILDING IN SITUATIONS OF CONFLICT AND FRAGILITY: POLICY GUIDANCE – © OECD 2011
FRAMEWORK
FRAMEWORK
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Contemporary understandings of the state
States are the principal institutional and organisational units that exercise political and public authority in modern times. In theory – and in a growing number of countries – they embody the organisational framework and the accepted, stable set of institutions that regulate political, social and economic engagement across a territorially bounded area. But in reality states do not all look alike, nor are they organised around the same principles, laws or norms. Crucially, the degree to which they are embedded in legitimate and enduring state-society relations varies substantially. The definition of the state has a long-standing
Supporting Statebuilding in Situations of Conflict and Fragility
Policy Guidance
Access the complete publication at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264074989-en
Statebuilding in fragile contexts: key terms and concepts
Please cite this chapter as:
OECD (2011), “Statebuilding in fragile contexts: key terms and concepts”, in Supporting Statebuilding in Situations of Conflict and Fragility: Policy Guidance, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264074989-5-en
This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.
PART I. 1. STATEBUILDING IN FRAGILE CONTEXTS: KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS – 19
Chapter 1 Statebuilding in fragile contexts: key terms and concepts
This chapter defines the key terms and concepts that are used in this publication, and examines contemporary understanding of the state, the internal process of statebuilding, and the qualities that define fragile and resilient states.
SUPPORTING STATEBUILDING IN SITUATIONS OF CONFLICT AND FRAGILITY: POLICY GUIDANCE – © OECD 2011
FRAMEWORK
FRAMEWORK
20 – PART I. 1. STATEBUILDING IN FRAGILE CONTEXTS: KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Contemporary understandings of the state
States are the principal institutional and organisational units that exercise political and public authority in modern times. In theory – and in a growing number of countries – they embody the organisational framework and the accepted, stable set of institutions that regulate political, social and economic engagement across a territorially bounded area. But in reality states do not all look alike, nor are they organised around the same principles, laws or norms. Crucially, the degree to which they are embedded in legitimate and enduring state-society relations varies substantially. The definition of the state has a long-standing