Development in Difficult Sociopolitical Contexts

Foreword; Win Naude, United Nations University's Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) Preface; Anthony Ware PART I: THEORY AND THEMES, COMPLEXITY AND CHALLENGES 1. Beyond the Usual Suspects: Complexity of Fragility and Analytical Framework; Anthony Ware 2. Development in Fragile States and Situations: Theory and Critique; Anthony Ware and Vicki-Ann Ware 3. Challenges of Development in Difficult Sociopolitical Contexts ; Damien Kingsbury PART II: CASE STUDIES: DEVELOPMENT IN SO-CALLED 'FRAGILE STATES', 'FAILED STATES' AND 'PARIAH STATES' 4. Surviving in a Difficult Context: The Quest for Development in Unrecognised States; Costas Laoutides 5. Foreign Aid Delivery: Modes and Modalities in the Pacific; Simon Feeny and Jaclyn Donahue 6. Malawi: Waving or Drowning in the 21st Century?; Max Kelly 7. Development in Kyrgyzstan: Failed State or Failed Statebuilding?; Cai Wilkinson 8. Foreign Aid, Development and Civil War in Nepal; Kishor Sharma 9. Dynamics of Fragility: Secret Victories and Political Awakenings in Sri Lanka's Civil War; Rohan Bastin 10. Re-engaging in a Fragmented Context: Development Approaches and Aid Modalities in Afghanistan, 2001-2004; Nematullah Bizhan 11. Zimbabwe: Issues and Perspectives on Fragility and Failure; Jonathan Makuwira 12. Development in a Fragile Pariah State: Myanmar 1990-2010; Anthony Ware 13. Development in North Korea: Failed State or Pariah, or Both....?; John McKay PART III: CONCLUSION 14. Critiques and Alternatives: Development in Contexts of Fragility; Anthony Ware