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Empire in Denial: The Politics of State-Building
Empire in Denial The Politics of StateBuilding Author:David Chandler In the 1990s, interventionist policies challenged the rights of individual states to self-governance. Today, non-Western states are more likely to be feted by international institutions offering programs of poverty-reduction, democratization and good governance. States without the right to self-government will always lack legitimate authority. T... more »he international policy agenda focuses on bureaucratic mechanisms, which can only institutionalize divisions between the West and the non-West and are unable to overcome the social and political divisions of post-conflict states. Highlighting the dangers of current policy?including the redefinition of sovereignty, and the subsequent erosion of ties linking power and accountability?David Chandler offers a critical look at state-building that will be of interest to all students of international affairs.« less