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Author Lee, Melissa M, 1985- author.

Title Crippling Leviathan : how foreign subversion weakens the state / Melissa M. Lee
Published Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (x, 248 pages)
Contents Introduction : The International Dimensions of State Weakness -- The State of State Authority -- The Strategy of Foreign Subversion -- Hostile Neighbors, Weak Peripheries -- The Roots of Subversion -- Undermining State Authority in the Philippines -- Undermining State Authority in Cambodia -- Conclusion : The Leviathan, Crippled
Summary ""Lee argues that foreign subversion weakens the state and prevents state consolidation. She presents evidence from in-depth studies of Russia's relations with the post-Soviet states, Malaysian subversion of the Philippines in the 1970s, and Thai subversion of Vietnamese-occupied Cambodia in the 1980s"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis Statebuilding, Political development, State capacity, Foreign Intervention, Subversion, State Development
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 06, 2020)
Subject Political stability.
Subversive activities.
Sovereignty, Violation of.
Authority.
State, The.
Legitimacy of governments.
International relations.
international relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- Asian.
Authority
International relations
Legitimacy of governments
Political stability
Sovereignty, Violation of
State, The
Subversive activities
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019034445
ISBN 9781501748370
1501748378
9781501748387
1501748386