Author : David Chandler
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)
Book Synopsis Empire in Denial by : David Chandler
Download or read book Empire in Denial written by David Chandler and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2006-07-20 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The 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.