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Titolo: | Ungoverned territories : understanding and reducing terrorism risks / / Angel Rabasa ... [et al.] |
Pubblicazione: | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (397 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.325/17 |
Soggetto topico: | Terrorism - Prevention |
Political stability | |
Security, International | |
Altri autori: | RabasaAngel |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-352) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Understanding lack of governance -- Dimensions of ungovernability -- Dimensions of conduciveness -- Comparative analysis of case studies -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Case study : the Pakistani-Afghan border region -- Case study : the Arabian Peninsula. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Ungoverned territories-failed or failing states or ungoverned areas within otherwise viable states-generate all manner of security problems and can become terrorist sanctuaries. Using a two-tiered framework areas applied to eight case studies from around the globe, the authors seek to understand the conditions that give rise to ungoverned territories and what makes some ungoverned territories more conducive to a terrorist or insurgent presence than others. On the basis of this ground-breaking analytical work, they identify three types of ungoverned territories and their effects on U.S. securit |
Titolo autorizzato: | Ungoverned territories |
ISBN: | 1-281-18107-2 |
9786611181079 | |
0-8330-4265-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910220082203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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