This volume examines and evaluates the impact of international statebuilding interventions on the political economy of conflict-affected countries over the past

This open access book modifies and revitalizes the concept of the ‘developmental state’ to understand the politics of emerging economy through nuanced analy

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This book examines the ways in which long-term processes of state-formation limit the possibilities for short-term political projects of statebuilding. Using pr

Looks at the process of state-building in Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia from a political economy and institutional perspective. Weak and distorted sta