The Making of Informal States: Statebuilding in Northern Cyprus and Transdniestria

by D. Isachenko

Overview

Using the cases of Northern Cyprus and Transdniestria, the author examines state-building as practiced by informal states. Exploring symbolic and economic dimensions of state-building projects and using insights from political sociology, she investigates how they function under circumstances of non-recognition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349347964
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Series:	Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
Edition description:	1st ed. 2012
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

DARIA ISACHENKO Research Fellow at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Institute of Political Science, Germany. She holds a PhD from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute of Social Sciences, where she was also a member of the Young Scholar Group 'Micropolitics of Armed Groups', funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.

Table of Contents

Introduction The State Riddle Setting Up a State Symbolic Statebuilding Economic Reproduction and Political Implications Informal States and (Inter)national Communities Conclusions