Modern at last? Variety of weak states in the post-Soviet world |
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Authors: | Andrei P. Tsygankov |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of International Relations/Political Science, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave. HSS 336, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA |
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Abstract: | Scholarly interest has recently shifted from issues of democratic transition to those of state formation and state viability. The paper reviews scholarly contributions to understanding state weakness and suggests criteria and indicators to capture stateness in the former Soviet region. It suggests a preliminary ranking of the post-Soviet states along dimensions of national order, economic efficiency and political viability. The paper hypothesizes a causal mechanism through which state development in the region may occur by incorporating both structural and policy-related factors. It concludes that most states in the region can only be characterized as weak, and their urge to become modern is therefore yet to materialize. |
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Keywords: | State-building Weak state National order Identity Security Political viability Economic viability post-Soviet world |
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