...fundamentally weak but appear strong is even more extensive. Failed and Collapsed States Failed states are tense, deeply conflicted, dangerous, and contested...dissent directed at the state and at groups within the state. It is not the absolute intensity of violence that identifies a failed state. Rather, it is the...

...fundamentally weak but appear strong is even more extensive. Failed and Collapsed States Failed states are tense, deeply conflicted, dangerous, and contested...dissent directed at the state and at groups within the state.' It is not the absolute intensity of violence that identifies a failed state. Rather, it is...

...„Failed states are tense, deeply conflicted, dangerous, and contested bitterly by warring factions. ln most failed states, government troops battle armed revolts led by one or more rivals" (Rotberg 2004: 5). Rotbergs Beschreibung trifft den Kern dieses Zustandes sehr genau. Das staatliche...