Development in Difficult Sociopolitical Contexts

Part I. Theory and Themes, Complexity and Challenges

1. Beyond the Usual Suspects: Complexity of Fragility and Analytical Framework
Anthony Ware

2. Development in Fragile States and Situations: Theory and Critique
Anthony Ware, Vicki-Ann Ware

3. Challenges of Development in Difficult Sociopolitical Contexts
Damien Kingsbury

Part II. Case Studies: Development in So-Called ‘Fragile States’, ‘Failed States’ and ‘Pariah States’

4. Surviving in a Difficult Context: The Quest for Development in Unrecognised States
Costas Laoutides

5. Foreign Aid Delivery: Modes and Modalities in the Pacific
Simon Feeny, Jaclyn Donahue

6. Malawi: Waving or Drowning in the 21st Century?
Max Kelly

7. Development in Kyrgyzstan: Failed State or Failed State-building?
Cai Wilkinson

8. Foreign Aid, Development and Civil War in Nepal
Kishor Sharma

9. Dynamics of Fragility: Secret Victories and Political Awakenings in Sri Lanka’ s Civil War
Rohan Bastin

10. Re-engaging in a Fragmented Context: Development Approaches and Aid Modalities in Afghanistan, 2001–2004
Nematullah Bizhan

11. Zimbabwe: Issues and Perspectives on Fragility and Failure
Jonathan Makuwira

12. Development in a Fragile Pariah State: Myanmar 1990–2010
Anthony Ware

13. North Korea: Failed State or Pariah, or Both. …?
John McKay

Part III. Conclusion

14. Critiques and Alternatives: Development in Contexts of Fragility
Anthony Ware

Keywords: Social Sciences, Development Policy, International Relations, Development Economics, Development Studies, Development Theory, Political Communication