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German translation: gescheiterte Staaten/Staatsversagen/Failed States


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English term or phrase:failed states
German translation:gescheiterte Staaten/Staatsversagen/Failed States
Entered by: Carsten Mohr
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13:23 Jan 7, 2007
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Social Sciences - Government / Politics / Positionspapier
English term or phrase: failed states
The shortcomings and errors of US foreign policy in tackling today’s security threats, such as terrorism, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, *failed states*, organized crime and climate change, are all too obvious.
Carsten Mohr
Local time: 06:09
gescheiterte Staaten
Explanation:
Noam Chomsky: Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy. Metropolitan Books, 2006, ISBN 0805079122; deutsch: Der gescheiterte Staat. Verlag Antje Kunstmann, München 2006, ISBN 3-88897-452-6
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky

Failed States - Gescheiterte Staaten. Beiträge, Berichte, Dokumente, Meinungen. Es liegen folgende Beiträge vor:. "Der gescheiterte Staat" USA ...
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hirselina
Local time: 06:09
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vielen Dank!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6gescheiterte Staatenhirselina
3 +2zerfallende Staaten
Hendarto Setiadi


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
zerfallende Staaten


Explanation:
oder gescheiterte Staaten

Hendarto Setiadi
Indonesia
Local time: 11:09
Native speaker of: Indonesian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  erika rubinstein: gescheiterte Staaten
2 mins

agree  Stephan Elkins: gescheiterte Staaten
13 mins
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
gescheiterte Staaten


Explanation:
Noam Chomsky: Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy. Metropolitan Books, 2006, ISBN 0805079122; deutsch: Der gescheiterte Staat. Verlag Antje Kunstmann, München 2006, ISBN 3-88897-452-6
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky

Failed States - Gescheiterte Staaten. Beiträge, Berichte, Dokumente, Meinungen. Es liegen folgende Beiträge vor:. "Der gescheiterte Staat" USA ...
www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/themen/Failed-states/Welcome.... - 4k -

hirselina
Local time: 06:09
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PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
vielen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stephan Elkins
11 mins
  -> Danke!

agree  Daniel Gebauer
15 mins
  -> Danke!

agree  Mihaela Boteva
2 hrs
  -> Danke!

agree  Steffen Walter
4 hrs
  -> Danke!

agree  DDM
8 hrs
  -> Danke!

agree  truchement: es wird oft auch der Originalausdruck "failed states" verwendet, und man liest auch "Staatsversagen"
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