Failed State

Variable Measurement Era SPSS code N Source
Failed state

Index of: 1) mounting demographic pressures, 2) massive movement of refugees, 3) legacy of venerance seeking, group grievance or group paranoia, 4) chronic and sustained human flight, 5) uneven economic development along group lines, 6) sharp and /or severe economic decline, 7) criminilization or deligitimization of the state, 8) progressive deterioration of public services, 9) wide spread violation of human rights, 10) security apparatus as 'state within state', 11) rise of factionalized elites, 12) intervention of other states or external actors

2005 FailedState_2005 103 Fund for Peace
2006 FailedState_2006 130

Related variables:
Government effectiveness (Governance)

Related topics:
Governance
Peace
Political stability

Related themes:
Institutional quality
Politics

States of Nations is an inventory of country characteristics. It is part of the World Database of Happiness


Keywords added: Cross-national, Anargy, Social disorder, Technical quality of governance