Zaryab Iqbal is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of War and the Health of Nations (Stanford, 2010). Harvey Starr is Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina.

"This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of state failure. The authors make new contributions to the literature in ways that are both innovative and have important policy implications. With their well thought-out analysis and discussion, they bring the key threads of the challenge of state failure together in one book."—Victor Asal, Rockefeller College, SUNY Albany "State failure is an incredibly important real world issue that has puzzled policymakers since the 1990s. This book pushes the empirical analysis of this problem forward, and is one of the best analyses of state failure currently available."—Cameron G. Thies, Arizona State University

• 1. Introduction2. State Failure: Conceptualization and Definition3. Why do States Collapse?: Determinants of State Failure4. The Duration of State Failure5. Recurrent Collapse and its Causes6. The Consequences of State Failure7. State Failure: Prevention and Management8. Conclusion

Zaryab Iqbal is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of War and the Health of Nations (Stanford, 2010). Harvey Starr is Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina.

"This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of state failure. The authors make new contributions to the literature in ways that are both innovative and have important policy implications. With their well thought-out analysis and discussion, they bring the key threads of the challenge of state failure together in one book."—Victor Asal, Rockefeller College, SUNY Albany "State failure is an incredibly important real world issue that has puzzled policymakers since the 1990s. This book pushes the empirical analysis of this problem forward, and is one of the best analyses of state failure currently available."—Cameron G. Thies, Arizona State University

• 1. Introduction2. State Failure: Conceptualization and Definition3. Why do States Collapse?: Determinants of State Failure4. The Duration of State Failure5. Recurrent Collapse and its Causes6. The Consequences of State Failure7. State Failure: Prevention and Management8. Conclusion