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State fragility
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Fragile States lack the functional authority to provide basic security within their borders, the institutional capacity to provide basic social needs for their populations, and/or the political legitimacy to effectively represent their citizens at home or abroad (Canada’s Country Indicators for Foreign Policy CIFP, 2006).
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fragile States
weak States
Related terms
political stability
State
State collapse
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09.01.05 POLITICAL CONDITIONS AND PROCESSES
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Added 2020
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