Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The History and Representations of the Challenges of Governance in the Fragile States of Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 3 Reifying Imagined Communities: The Triumph of the Fragile Nation-State and the Peril of Modernization

Chapter 4 From Saving Failed States to Managing Risks: Reinterpreting Fragility Through Resilience

Chapter 5 Adapting to Survive: The Peculiar Fate of Liberal Governance Models in East Timor

Chapter 6 Somalia: The Struggles in the Transient Phases in “Somali-Style” (and Other Hybrid) Models of Governance

Chapter 8 Managing Fragility? Chad’s (Il)liberal Interventions and the Making of a Regional Hegemon

Chapter 9 More Legitimate, Less Fragile, Less Liberal? The Adoption and Adaptation of Elections in Afghanistan

Chapter 10 Does Electoral Authoritarianism Persist? A Comparison of Recent Elections in Fiji, Seychelles, and Maldives

Chapter 11 Governance and Political Adaptation: Constituency Development Funds in Solomon Islands and the Construction of a Melanesian State