Governance without a state?: policies and politics in areas of limited statehood

Governance discourse in development agencies and the social sciences remains centered on an "ideal type" of modern statehood, one that exhibits full internal and external sovereignty and a legitimate monopoly on the use of force. Yet modern statehood remains an anomaly, both historically and in the contemporary international system, while the condition of "limited statehood," wherein countries lack the capacity to implement central decisions and monopolize force, is the norm. Limited statehood, argue the authors in this provocative collection, is in fact a fundamental form of governance, immun

Governance in areas of limited statehood: introduction and overview / Thomas Risse -- Governance and colonial rule / Sebastian Conrad and Marion Stange -- Law without a state?: a 'new interplay' between state and nonstate actors in governance by rule making / Gunnar Folke Schuppert -- New modes of security: the violent making and unmaking of governance in war-torn areas of limited statehood / Sven Chojnacki and Zeljko Branovic -- Transnational public-private partnerships and the provision of collective goods in developing countries / Andrea Liese and Marianne Beisheim -- Racing to the top?: regulatory competition among firms in areas of limited statehood / Tanja Börzel, ... [et al] -- Governance in sovereign debt crises: analyzing creditor-debtor interactions / Henrik Enderlein, ... [et al] -- International legal and moral standards of good governance in fragile states / Bernd Ladwig and Beate Rudolf -- State building or new modes of governance?: the effects of international involvement in areas of limited statehood / Ulrich Schmeckener -- Applying the governance concept to areas of limited statehood: implications for international foreign and security policy / Lars Brozus