Maritime piracy / / Robert Haywood and Roberta Spivak

• Autore: Haywood Robert
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.16/4
• Soggetto topico: Piracy - Prevention - International cooperation; Hijacking of ships - Prevention - International cooperation; Maritime terrorism - Prevention - International cooperation; Merchant marine - Security measures; Shipping - Security measures
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SpivakRoberta
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: cover; Maritime Piracy; copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword by the series editors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Piracy: the nature of the problem; 2. History; 3. The nuts and bolts of twenty-first century maritime governance relevant to combating piracy; 4. Evolving norms and conventions; 5. Current debates; 6. Key gaps and criticisms; 7. Emerging trends and future directions; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Maritime Piracy is now a pressing global issue, and this work seeks to provide a concise and informative introduction to the area. Never truly having receded into a romanticized past, seaborne banditry's rapid growth was stimulated by low risks and increasingly high rewards. Currently, obsolete, incomplete and complicating structures and norms of governance, together with advances in technology, enable a lucrative business model for pirates, as they effectively operate with impunity and claim increasing ransoms. ?Beginning with an overview and historical development of
• Titolo autorizzato: Maritime piracy
• ISBN: 1-136-50425-7; 0-203-14481-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451731203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Global institutions series.