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This 14 page paper addressees the question that goes to what makes a state legitimate or illegitimate. A list of failed states are discussed and Haiti is chosen as an example to further address why certain states fail. Specific issues are explored in depth which are the lack of nationalism, Haiti's underdeveloped status and the allowance of continual violence. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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get him back into his country as a legitimate president and ruling force. Of course, such success stories usually do come from fiction. In reality, such a scenario would be
considered rare. Also, such maneuverings are not easily accomplished in a legal, upfront manner. As a result, there are a myriad of failed or illegitimate countries and entities. There
are in fact fights in the Middle East pertaining to who the legitimate occupants of the Holy Land are. Questions loom large as it respects states of legitimacy. It is
difficult to know which states are truly legitimate in a world that includes nations that can hardly survive without help. A student presents the following question: "Of the over
189 states that exist in the world today, each varies slightly or greatly in its form of governance, to the extent that some are viewed as illegitimate and or failed
states. What is the concept of state legitimacy?" In staying specific to one state, it pays to look at which states are considered illegitimate or failed states. Again, the criteria
are questionable, but there is some consensus on which states are flawed. One research organization, in an attempt to find these flawed states make use of a dozen political, social,
economic, and military indicators for internal instability ("The Failed States," 2005). The ten most at-risk countries in order are the Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Sudan,
Iraq, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Chad, Yemen, Liberia, and Haiti ("The Failed States," 2005). Many of these nations have made the news already as there is much reported in terms
of the Congo. Action by the U.S. government had been taken in Somalia not too long ago and Iraq of course makes headlines. Most of the other countries are often
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