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

• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.0218
• Soggetto topico: Civil war - Economic aspects; Globalization; Ethnic relations
• Altri autori: JungDietrich <1959->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Shadow globalization, ethnic conflicts and new wars
• ISBN: 0-429-22980-1; 0-203-21696-2; 1-280-07049-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783847403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New international relations.