Rightsizing the State: The Politics of Moving Borders

Strategic decisions to reduce the size, scope, or ambitions of organizations--including states--to enhance future prospects are among the most difficult and least understood conclusions. This volume identifies the conditions in which less really is more, analyzing the possibilities for institutional redesign--including state contraction--for responding effectively to destabilizing and often violence-laden conflicts. Among the countries discussed in detail are Turkey, Pakistan, Morocco, Congo, Jordan, Indonesia, Russia, the former Soviet Union, Iraq, and India.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199244901
• ISBN13: 9780199244904
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"