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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451731203321

Autore

Haywood Robert

Titolo

Maritime piracy / / Robert Haywood and Roberta Spivak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-50425-7

0-203-14481-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Global institutions

Altri autori (Persone)

SpivakRoberta

Disciplina

364.16/4

Soggetti

Piracy - Prevention - International cooperation

Hijacking of ships - Prevention - International cooperation

Maritime terrorism - Prevention - International cooperation

Merchant marine - Security measures

Shipping - Security measures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

cover; Maritime Piracy; copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword by the series editors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Piracy: the nature of the problem; 2. History; 3. The nuts and bolts of twenty-first century maritime governance relevant to combating piracy; 4. Evolving norms and conventions; 5. Current debates; 6. Key gaps and criticisms; 7. Emerging trends and future directions; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Maritime Piracy is now a pressing global issue, and this work seeks to provide a concise and informative introduction to the area. Never truly having receded into a romanticized past, seaborne banditry's rapid growth was stimulated by low risks and increasingly high rewards. Currently, obsolete, incomplete and complicating structures and norms of governance, together with advances in technology, enable a lucrative business model for pirates, as they effectively operate with impunity and claim increasing ransoms. ?Beginning with an overview and historical development of