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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792308803321

Titolo

Ungoverned spaces [[electronic resource] ] : alternatives to state authority in an era of softened sovereignty / / edited by Anne L. Clunan and Harold A. Trinkunas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Security Studies, 2010

ISBN

0-8047-7449-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ClunanAnne L. <1968->

TrinkunasHarold A

Disciplina

320.1

Soggetti

Failed states

Nation-state

Sovereignty

Security, International

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ungoverned Spaces?: The Need for Revolution / Anne L. Clunan; Part I: Conceptualizing Ungoverned Spaces and Alternative Authority; 1. Conceptualizing Ungoverned Spaces: Territorial Statehood, Contested Authority, and Softened Sovereignty / Anne L. Clunan and Harold A. Trinkunas; 2. Here Be Dragons: Dangerous Spaces and International Security / Phil Williams; Part II: Alternative Social Governance on the Margins of Territorial Sovereignty; 3. Persistent Insurgencies and Warlords: Who Is Nasty, Who Is Nice, and Why? / William Reno

4. Non-state Actors and Failed States: Lessons from Al-Qa'ida's Experiences in the Horn of Africa / Ken Menkhaus and Jacob N. Shapiro5. A Fortress without Walls: Alternative Governance Structures on the Afghan-Pakistan Frontier / Ty L. Groh; Part III: Alternative Modes of Security Provision in Zones of Urban Exclusion; 6. Understanding Criminal Networks, Political Order, and Politics in Latin America / Enrique Desmond Arias; 7. Authority outside the State: Non-state Actors and New Institutions in the Middle East / Anne Marie Baylouny

8. Immigration and Subterranean Sovereignty in South African Cities /



Loren B. Landau and Tamlyn MonsonPart IV: Alternative Economies in the Shadow of the State; 9. Rules and Regulations in Ungoverned Spaces: Illicit Economies, Criminals, and Belligerents / Vanda Felbab-Brown; 10. Nuclear Trafficking in Ungoverned Spaces and Failed States / Lyudmila Zaitseva; Part V: Contesting Governance in Virtual Spaces; 11. From Anti-Money Laundering to . . . What?: Formal Sovereignty and Feudalism in Offshore Financial Services / Bill Maurer

12. Negotiating Internet Governance: Security Implications of Multilateral Approaches / J. P. Singh13. Under Cover of the Net: The Hidden Governance Mechanisms of Cyberspace / Ronald J. Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski; Conclusions: Ungoverned Spaces and Security; 14. Alternative Governance and Security / Anne L. Clunan and Harold A. Trinkunas; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive critique of the prevailing view of ungoverned spaces and the threat they pose to human, national and international security.