Concept information
Preferred term
state collapse
Definition
- State collapse represents a rare and an extreme level on a continuum of state decay, when a weak state becomes unable and/or unwilling to fulfill its task as the provider of public goods. Although there is no consensus on a precise definition of the term, still there are several traits that collapsed states share. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; State Collapse]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/state_collapse
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