Michaelene Cox and her contributors cast a broad net, offering a book that is policy-relevant and theoretically-conscious. The volume offers a multifaceted, multi-layered examination of relationships among questionable or illegal political and economic activity, inadequate governmental capacity, forceful contention, and illegitimate domination. The chapters invite the reader to assess the adequacy of some national and international policies framed to deal with such problems as well as to consider more carefully the nature of statehood. This collection should find a broad audience.
