A theoretical framework analyzing state decay in the Global South as a sovereignty event, authored by Max Nwabueze Amuchie and hosted on Harvard Dataverse. It proposes sovereign decoupling, rival orders, and a sequential recovery model, drawing from African political thought, postcolonial theory, and institutional economics. The framework is intended for empirical operationalization in a companion quantitative index.
Use Cases
- Developing theoretical models of state fragmentation based on the concepts of juridical vs. empirical authority.
- Analyzing the 'Money-Land-Mind' dynamic as a mechanism for authority displacement from formal states.
- Testing the framework's generalizability across different regions of the Global South.
- Designing empirical studies to measure 'decoupling depth' and 'recovery sequencing' as outlined in the companion index.
Strengths
- Provides a detailed theoretical genealogy spanning multiple disciplines.
- Offers a specific, generalizable framework for analyzing sovereign fragmentation.
- Last updated 2026-06-11 13:12:48, indicating recent maintenance.
Limitations
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Provenance
- Source
- Harvard Dataverse
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-11 13:12:48
- Geography
- Global South