Political Science 3366E Chapter : Readings12Snow15.docx
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Readings week 12 snow chapter 15 failed states: case of pakistan. This region provided a breeding ground and safe haven for terrorists harbouring the avowed intent to weak havoc in the us. Transforming the countries involved so that they will no longer be prone to produce or sustain terrorists. Somalia lacked an effective central government for roughly two decades. Definitions of failed states core the notion of the collapse of legitimate authority and the inability to replace that authority resulting in a governmental void that destabilizes the places it occurs. Generally ascribed characteristics of a legal state. Physical territory over which sovereign control is maintained. The absence of a universal authority does not mean the kind of total failure suggested by the ideal form of failure. The least severe case of failure occurs fragile states and which i have called failure prone states. Susceptible to crisis in one or more of its subsystems.