"A Project of the International Peace Academy and the United Nations University."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Making states work.
Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff and Ramesh Thakur.
Part I: Issues.
1 Policy responses to state failure.
Sebastian von Einsiedel.
2 The legacy of colonialism.
James Mayall.
3 Human rights, power and the state.
Michael Ignatieff.
Part II: Regions.
4 The Great Lakes and South Central Asia.
Andrea Armstrong and Barnett R. Rubin.
5 Colombia and the Andean crisis.
Monica Serrano and Paul Kenny.
6 The South Pacific.
Benjamin Reilly and Elsina Wainwright.
Part III: Margins.
7 Reviving state legitimacy in Pakistan.
Samina Ahmed.
8 Disintegration and reconstitution in the Democratic People’s.
Republic of Korea.
Hazel Smith.
9 Afghanistan’s weak state and strong society.
Amin Saikal.
Part IV: Successes.
10 Success in Mozambique?
Michel Cahen.
11 State-building, national leadership and "relative success" in Costa Rica.
Abelardo Morales-Gamboa and Stephen Baranyi.
12 From vulnerability to success: The British withdrawal from Singapore.
Patricia Shu Ming Tan and Simon S. C. Tay.
Part V: Choices.
13 Early and "early late" prevention.
I. William Zartman.
14 Making humanitarianism work.
Thomas G. Weiss and Peter J. Hoffman.
Transitional justice.
Alex Boraine.
16 Transitional administration, state-building and the United Nations.
Simon Chesterman.
17 Conclusion: The future of state-building.
Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff and Ramesh Thakur.