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Autore |
Elden Stuart <1971-> |
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Terror and territory [[electronic resource] ] : the spatial extent of sovereignty / / Stuart Elden |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sovereignty |
Human territoriality - Political aspects |
Terrorism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : terror and the state of territory -- Geographies of fear, threat, and division -- Territorial strategies of Islamism -- Rubble reduced to dust : targeting weak states -- Iraq : destruction and reconstitution -- Territorial integrity and contingent sovereignty -- Coda : the spatial extent of sovereignty. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Today's global politics demands a new look at the concept of territory. From so-called deterritorialized terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda to U.S.-led overthrows of existing regimes in the Middle East, the relationship between territory and sovereignty is under siege. Unfolding an updated understanding of the concept of territory, Stuart Elden shows how the contemporary ""war on terror"" is part of a widespread challenge to the connection between the state and its territory.Although the importance of territory has been disputed under globalization, territorial relations h |
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