Download or read book State Failure, Collapse & Reconstruction written by Jennifer Milliken and published by Blackwell Publishing. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State collapse in such places as Yugoslavia has led to widespread human suffering and regional instability. This collection situates state failure and collapse against the backdrop of the emergence, consolidation, expansion and erosion of the Western state system.