Yumlu, Seda2016-01-082016-01-082012http://hdl.handle.net/11693/15306Ankara : The Department of International Relations, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2012.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2012.Includes bibliographical references leaves 95-104.In the aftermath of the Cold War, failed states have increasingly been viewed as a cause for concern for the international system due to numerous humanitarian and security challenges they created. Since then, a variety of international responses have been attempted and proposed by the international community to address state failure. The ongoing nature of the phenomenon of state failure and security threats they cause prove that state failure is an entrenched problem for the 21st century. This thesis focuses on the analysis of root causes of state failure in the literature and examines different approaches to it. In doing so, it aims to make a comprehensive literature review categorized by historical, global political, individualcentered and critical approaches.viii, 104 leavesEnglishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessState FailureState CollapseRoot CausesInternational CommunitySecurityJC328.7 .Y85 2012Failed states.Political stability.Legitimacy of governments.Security, International.World politics--1989-International relations.ThesisB134013