Comments on: Failed States Index http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/07/27/failed-states-iindex/ Politics, current events, culture - From Finland & United States Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:48:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Helsinkian http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/07/27/failed-states-iindex/#comment-5725 Helsinkian Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:00:42 +0000 /?p=780#comment-5725 Well, I guess "Delegitimization of State" is the key indicator that makes Turkey closer to a failed state in this statistic than some countries I certainly wouldn't have expected to score better than Turkey. What it means is that state institutions are regarded as corrupt, illegal or ineffective. I wonder if a country where most citizens were libertarians would hit close to ten in that scale? ;) Turkey scores 9.7. This means the citizens do not trust the state, hence the state is closer to failure. Russia scores 9.4, Iran 9.1. Cuba and Vietnam, where the citizens trust the state more than they do in Turkey (a NATO country), get scores of 7.8 and 7.6, respectively in the column "Delegitimization of State". Well, I guess “Delegitimization of State” is the key indicator that makes Turkey closer to a failed state in this statistic than some countries I certainly wouldn’t have expected to score better than Turkey.

What it means is that state institutions are regarded as corrupt, illegal or ineffective. I wonder if a country where most citizens were libertarians would hit close to ten in that scale? ;)

Turkey scores 9.7. This means the citizens do not trust the state, hence the state is closer to failure.

Russia scores 9.4, Iran 9.1. Cuba and Vietnam, where the citizens trust the state more than they do in Turkey (a NATO country), get scores of 7.8 and 7.6, respectively in the column “Delegitimization of State”.

]]> By: Helsinkian http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/07/27/failed-states-iindex/#comment-5724 Helsinkian Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:46:08 +0000 /?p=780#comment-5724 I'd sure like to know how "External Intervention" is calculated. How much does Turkey's 7.0 in that respect affect the sum total? Is it really true that Turkey is doing worse than Russia, Cuba and Iran? I’d sure like to know how “External Intervention” is calculated. How much does Turkey’s 7.0 in that respect affect the sum total? Is it really true that Turkey is doing worse than Russia, Cuba and Iran?

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