Reaching a better understanding of the policies and politics of transitions presents a main
agenda item in the emerging field of sustainability transitions. One important requirement for …

According to politicians, we now live in a radically interconnected world. Unless there is
international stability–even in the most distant places–the West's way of life is threatened. In …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the emerging literature in the field of
education and fragility. We examine the various attempts to capture the contexts of fragility in …

Reaching a better understanding of the politics and policies of transitions presents a main
agenda item in the emerging field of sustainability transitions. One important requirement for …

The academic and policy debate on state failure reaches back to the early 1990s. Since
then, its empirical and analytical sophistication has grown, yet the fact that state failure is a …

The paper reviews the current discourse on state fragility and examines the definitional
basis for this label. It puts forward a model for defining state fragility that is based on the …

Civil conflicts spill over into neighboring countries. This paper proposes a theory of the
contagion of civil wars. Weak territorial control facilitates the emergence of a regional market …

Global Development and Human Security explores the possibility of connecting all countries
to the global economy while defusing the social tensions and managing the security risks …

This thesis contributes to current debates on aid politics, policy and practice by exploring the
dynamics of the new aid agenda which emerged in the 1990s and early 2000s, focused on …

Reaching a better understanding of the policies and politics of transitions presents a main
agenda item in the emerging field of sustainability transitions. One important requirement for …