Using the cases of Northern Cyprus and Transdniestria, the author examines state-building as practiced by informal states. Exploring symbolic and economic dimensions of state-building projects and using insights from political sociology, she investigates how they function under circumstances of non-recognition.

Autorentext
DARIA ISACHENKO Research Fellow at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Institute of Political Science, Germany. She holds a PhD from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute of Social Sciences, where she was also a member of the Young Scholar Group 'Micropolitics of Armed Groups', funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.

Inhalt
Introduction The State Riddle Setting Up a State Symbolic Statebuilding Economic Reproduction and Political Implications Informal States and (Inter)national Communities Conclusions