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COM.ONIXSUITE.9780801442926 03 01 Cornell University Press 01 GCOI 80140100764730 02 0801442923 03 9780801442926 15 9780801442926 59 BB 1 A01 Fukuyama, Francis Francis Fukuyama 01 eng 160 00 160 03 03 0 03 11 POL011000 10 POL012000 24 Internet Political Science / International Relations 24 Internet Political Science / Security Studies 01 01 01 Francis Fukuyama famously predicted "the end of history" with the ascendancy of liberal democracy and global capitalism. The topic of his latest book is, therefore, surprising: the building of new nation-states. The end of history was never an automatic procedure, Fukuyama argues, and the well-governed polity was always its necessary precondition. "Weak or failed states are the source of many of the world's most serious problems," he believes. He traces what we know—and more often don't know—about how to transfer functioning public institutions to developing countries in ways that will leave something of permanent benefit to the citizens of the countries concerned. These are important lessons, especially as the United States wrestles with its responsibilities in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond. Fukuyama begins State-Building with an account of the broad importance of "stateness." He rejects the notion that there can be a science of public administration, and discusses the causes of contemporary state weakness. He ends the book with a discussion of the consequences of weak states for international order, and the grounds on which the international community may legitimately intervene to prop them up. 02 Francis Fukuyama famously predicted "the end of history" with the ascendancy of liberal democracy and global capitalism. The topic of his latest book is, therefore, surprising: the building of new nation-states. The end of history was never an... 04 <p> 1. The Missing Dimensions of Stateness<br /> The Contested Role of the State<br /> Scope versus Strength<br /> Scope, Strength, and Economic Development<br /> The New Conventional Wisdom<br /> The Supply of Institutions<br /> The Demand for Institutions<br /> Making Things Worse</p> <p> 2. Weak States and the Black Hole of Public Administration<br /> Institutional Economics and the Theory of Organizations<br /> The Ambiguity of Goals<br /> Principals, Agents, and Incentives<br /> Decentralization and Discretion<br /> Losing, and Reinventing, the Wheel<br /> Capacity-Building under Conditions of Organizational Ambiguity: Policy Implications</p> <p> 3. Weak States and International Legitimacy<br /> The New Empire<br /> The Erosion of Sovereignty<br /> Nation-Building<br /> Democratic Legitimacy at an International Level<br /> Beyond the Nation-State</p> <p> 4. Smaller but Stronger</p> <p> Bibliography<br /> Index</p> 08 "Fukuyama is a wonderful synthesizer of grand subjects, an adventurer who doesn't mind summing up the history of development theory in one chapter and the history of organizational theory in the next. He pulls this off with minimal resort to jargon, and he pulls the reader along with him."—Washington Post Book World, June 13, 2004 08 "Fukuyama asserts that the lack of 'organizational tradition' in 'failed or weak' nations such as Afghanistan and Haiti represents the greatest threat to an orderly world. He argues that the United States, and the West in general, after rightly intervening in such states either militarily or economically (most often through the IMF or World Bank), have failed to transfer institutional and public- and private-sector know-how to needy countries. . . . Since he sees the "international community" represented by the United Nations as a myth because it lacks a military, the mantle of leadership must be worn by the U.S., at great risk to itself. . . . Fukuyama's ideas will no doubt be much discussed."—Publishers Weekly, April 5, 2004 08 "Fukuyama persuasively argues that the great problems of our day—'from poverty to AIDS to drugs to terrorism'—result not from excesses of the state but from its persistent weakness or utter failure in many countries. . . .' State collapse or weakness had already created major humanitarian and human rights disasters during the 1990s in Somalia, Haiti, Cambodia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and East Timor.' Americans once could believe that such disasters would affect us only to the degree that we chose to help out by sending cash or peacekeepers. But 9 11, of course, showed that even a rich and powerful country remains vulnerable to catastrophes brewed in distant, troubled lands."—The Baltimore Sun, May 23, 2004 08 "A former State Department policy planner, Fukuyama is best known for . . . The End of History and the Last Man, which contends that Communism's collapse signaled the completion of ideological struggles and the emergence of democratic capitalism as the best possible economic and governance model. In State-Building, Fukuyama backtracks a bit. . . . As thought-provoking and big-idea seductive as any leftist continental thinker, Fukuyama certainly kicks up . . . useful concepts. . . . The most surprising aspect of State-Building for non-con readers is Fukuyama's Bush-bashing. . . . Weighing the strengths and weaknesses of different state models, Fukuyama recommends one possible start to solving our current global mess: 'Democratic regimes at least have some institutional checks against the worst forms of incompetence and rapacity: Bad leaders can be voted out of office.' "—Ed Halter, "Altered State," The Village Voice, August 24, 2004 08 "This is a very useful, intelligent, and short book by Francis Fukuyama, a leading political thinker. It examines a central issue in the age of terrorism: the perils (and sometimes necessities) of 'state-building' in weakened failed states. One hopes it will become a must-read for State Department policymakers."—John Fonte, National Review, September 13, 2004 08 "Experience has demonstrated both the need for power and its impotence. Power is necessary, notes Francis Fukuyama, to enforce the rule of law domestically and to preserve world order internationally. If outside powers enter where local powers have failed, we finish up with the challenges of empire. If they fail to enter, we live with the horrors of anarchy. This is the cruelest dilemma facing contemporary statesmen."—Martin Wolf, The Financial Times, November 3, 2004 08 "It's not often that the words 'visionary' and 'practical' can be applied to the same work. Here they're perfect descriptions. For an era where state building has come to the top of the global agenda, this book provides expert guidance about why it's important and how it might be catalyzed."—Robert Klitgaard, Dean and Ford Distinguished Professor of International Development and Security, The Pardee RAND Graduate School, and author of Controlling Corruption and Tropical Gangsters 08 "State-Building explores with brutal frankness the greatest challenge of our age: how to cope with failed or failing states. Francis Fukuyama's cross-cultural analysis takes the reader on an enlightened journey into the dilemmas of institution-building in weak polities. Fukuyama masterfully highlights the need for America to engage in the arts of state-building to avoid making things worse."—Chester Crocker, James R. Schlesinger Professor of Strategic Studies, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University 08 "This is a brilliant, sober, insightful look at a difficult issue which happens to be the central issue of our time. For the Bush administration and for its critics, and for leaders and policy-makers across the globe, Francis Fukuyama's analysis should be required reading."—Robert Kagan, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 08 "This book is truly superb. It is exciting to read and has a message of great importance: The current knowledge about the state and nation-building is lacking on several crucial points, some of which can be amended. In particular, it is crucial to draw a sharp line between the scope and the strength of a state. I predict that this book will turn out to be even more important than Francis Fukuyama's other writings."—Richard Swedberg, Cornell University 08 "Francis Fukuyama is a leading analyst of contemporary affairs who has made insightful and distinctive contributions to our understanding of the social and political complexities of today's world."—Samuel P. Huntington, Chairman, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, and Albert J. 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