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state fragility: a standalone construct

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Peace and conflict studies

a political label for states judged to lack capacity or legitimacy to perform core functions, examined in the source as a concept with its own history and uses.

In peace and conflict studies, state fragility refers to a political label for states judged to lack capacity or legitimacy to perform core functions, examined in the source as a concept with its own history and uses. This meaning comes from Grimm (2014) in Third World Quarterly.[1]

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References

Grimm, S., Lemay-Hébert, N., & Nay, O. (2014). ‘Fragile States’: introducing a political concept. Third World Quarterly, 35(2), 197-209. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2013.878127

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