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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810922303321

Titolo

Shadow globalization, ethnic conflicts and new wars : a political economy of intra-state war / / edited by Dietrich Jung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

0-429-22980-1

0-203-21696-2

1-280-07049-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

The new international relations series

Altri autori (Persone)

JungDietrich <1959->

Disciplina

355.0218

Soggetti

Civil war - Economic aspects

Globalization

Ethnic relations

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

Shadow Globalization, Ethnic Conflicts and New Wars: A Political Economy of Intra-State War; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Towards Global Civil War?; Part I: Theories of War-Making and State-Making Under Global Constraints; 1. A Political Economy of Intra-State War: Confronting a Paradox; 2. State Formation and the Economy of Intra-State Wars; Part II: Policies of Reconstruction and Punishment; 3. Protectorates and Spoils of Peace: Political Economy in South-East Europe

4. Suspended Reality: Historical Perspectives on the Political Economy of Northern Iraq5. The War on Drugs in the Creation of the New World (Dis)order; Part III: Cases of War Economies; 6. Profiting from War: Economic Rationality and War in Lebanon; 7. Between Ethnic Collision and Mafia Collusion: The "Balkan Route" to State-Making; 8. Assisting Structures of Violence? Humanitarian Assistance in the Somali Conflict; 9. Conclusions: The Political Economy of War-Making and State-Making in a Globalizing World; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on the political economy of so-called new wars, this book presents a series of studies that analyse the complexities of current warfare by moving from the global sphere to local spots of organised



violence. It thus raises questions about the very idea of intra-state wars and shows that these wars are inseparably linked to the global economy and the world political order. In this way, this study also offes a unique contribution to understanding the post-September 11 world. This will be topical and controversial reading for students and scholars of international relations and intern