Why International Trusteeship Fails
The Politics of External Authority in Areas of Limited Statehood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6263387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David A Lake (0000-0001-7811-5885, University of California San Diego), Christopher J Fari (0000-0001-9837-186X, Pennsylvania State University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 569-587 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/gove.12066 |
| OpenAlex | W2139394804 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 29 |
International trusteeship is widely touted as a solution to the problem of failed states, an extreme form of limited statehood. Current theories of legitimacy and statebuilding suggest that trusteeships should produce more capable states. These theories, however, fail to take into account the self‐interest and political strategies available to trustees and politicians within new states. We pose a more political model of statebuilding by the international community, the trustee, and national politicians that predicts that trusteeship will fail to produce states with greater capacity. We test for the effects of trusteeship on state capacity, measured by service provision, by creating a matched sample of countries. We find that there is no evidence that states under trusteeship develop greater capacity leading to better provision of public goods than comparable states not under trusteeship. Would‐be statebuilders must be more aware of the political incentives of all parties involved in the process
Economics · Incentive · International community · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Market economy · Microeconomics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public good · State (computer science · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration
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Fallacies of Democratic State-Building
The possibility of state formation and the limitations of liberal international state-building
Disentangling aid dynamics in statebuilding and peacebuilding
International State Building and Civilian Preferences
Civilians, Control, and Collaboration during Civil Conflict
External Actors, State‐Building, and Service Provision in Areas of Limited Statehood
Taking the State (Back) Out? Statehood and the Delivery of Collective Goods
Governance Delegation Agreements
Legitimacy in Areas of Limited Statehood
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You, The People
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Coercion, capital, and European states, AD 990-1992
Quasi-States
The Sovereign State and Its Competitors
The Dilemmas of Statebuilding
Between Anarchy and Society
When States Fail
The Logic of Political Survival
Sovereignty
The Practice and Theory of US Statebuilding
Strengthening Peace in Post-Civil War States
Neotrusteeship and the Problem of Weak States
Sharing Sovereignty
Democratic Compromise
Democracy as a Latent Variable
Dynamic Patterns of Human Rights Practices
Expanded Trade and GDP Data
The Critical Barrier to Civil War Settlement
External Actors, State‐Building, and Service Provision in Areas of Limited Statehood
Taking the State (Back) Out? Statehood and the Delivery of Collective Goods
Governance Delegation Agreements
Armed Conflict 1946-2001
One-Sided Violence Against Civilians in War
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |