state & nation building 2016_09_08
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State & nation building
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Key terms & concepts:
• Theory• Theory of nation and state• Nation• State• Nation-State• Insurgent state• Nation building• State building
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Failed states
SomaliaChildress, Sarah. Somali Premier Resigns, Testing Fragile Government. Wall Street Journal. September 22, 2010: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704129204575505240860682472.html
Drew Davis: Modern Naval Piracy
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Iraq state building: requirements?
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Kurdistan
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Why boasteth thyselfOh, evil menPlaying smartAnd not being clever? I said, youre working iniquityTo achieve vanity (if a-so a-so)But the goodness of jah, jahI-dureth for-i-ver
So if you are the big treeWe are the small axeReady to cut you down (well sharp)To cut you down
These are the wordsOf my master, keep on tellin meNo weak heartShall prosperAnd whosoever diggeth a pitShall fall in it, fall in itAnd whosoever diggeth a pitShall fall in it (... fall in it)
If you are the big tree, let me tell you thatWe are the small axe, sharp and readyReady to cut you down (well sharp)To cut you down
(to cut you down)
(to cut you down)
These are the wordsOf my master, tellin me thatNo weak heartShall prosperAnd whosoever diggeth a pitShall fall in it, uh, bury in itAnd whosoever diggeth a pitShall bury in it, uh (... bury in it)
If you are the big, big treeWe are the small axeReady to cut you down (well sharp)To cut you downIf you are the big, big tree, let me tell you thatWe are the small axeReady to cut you down (well sharp)To cut you downSharpened ...