POLS 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Jeffrey Herbst, Failed State
28 Mar 2017
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Robert caplin, the coming anarchy: according to the map, sierra leone is a nation state with defined boarders, and a government in charge of its territory. In truth, sierra leone is run by a 27 year old army captain. : units from the war in liberia have taken up camp in sierra leone as part of the rebel army. Franci fukuyama also found sierra leone a troubled sates. Jeffrey herbst: congo is a mere geographical expression. Countries like sierra leone have experienced state collapse/state failure: weak state, state inversion, all refer to a set of circumstances where the state or its institutions are severely weakened or have collapsed altogether. State collapse: a condition in which the state has lost its capacity to perform even the most basic functions. Collapsed states are without a functioning government, or system of enforced laws. In collapsed states there is no, or little in the way of, a police force or bureaucracy.
