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1 online resource (245 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in Global and Transnational Politics |
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Routledge studies in global and transnational politics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: The Siege of Westphalia?; From Leviathan to Chimera? The rise and decline of state-orders; Structure of the book; References; Part I: Challenging the state; 2. Back to the clan: Organized crime as state surrogate for the market; On state and capitalism (and war); The logic of the clan; The role of organized crime; Conclusions; References |
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3. Dispute resolution mechanisms provided by violent non-state actors: An international comparative analysis of causes and consequencesBackground and introduction; Judicial system shortcomings; A comparative analysis of informal land dispute resolutions; Armed group characteristics and dispute arbitration frequency; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; 4. Clausewitz in the boardroom: Legitimacy and hegemony; Hegemony and values; Harm and benefit; Markets as battlegrounds; Decision cycles; Armoured legitimacy; From the margins to the core; Conclusion; References |
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5. New vortices of power: The alliance between transnational corporations and private military security corporations in the Katanga district of the Democratic Republic of the CongoIntroduction; The paradox of plenty; Operational security through PMSCs; GlencoreXstrata; Glencore's Katanga Mining Limited (KML); Glencore-PMSC Alliance; Glencore as quasi-state; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; Part II: Defending the state; 6. The logic and consequences of state strategies towards violent non-state actors; Introduction; The logic of state strategies |
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Implications of different state-building strategiesNotes; References; 7. The shifting territorial dimensions of crime-fighting: Rescaling state security to the sub-local level in Mexico City; Accelerating drug violence in Mexico; Mexico City's neighbourhood drug culture; Tepito: State security strategies before 2006; Securitizing Tepito, post-2006; The high costs of rescaling of state security; Conclusion; Notes; References; 8. The privatization of counter-piracy: Implications for order at sea; Introduction; Scope and dimensions of piracy off the Horn of Africa |
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The role of PSCs in counter-piracyBenefits of PSCs; Drawbacks of PSCs in counter-piracy; Conclusion: PSCs and norms of governance in the maritime realm; Notes; References; Part III: Changing the state; 9. Between public and private: Reconstructing the field of security in post-communist Europe; Liberalization with a twist: reconstituting the of security in the post-communist era; Security, crime, and violent capitalism after 1989; Towards a new form of partnership between the state and PSCs in Eastern Europe |
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Normative problems and the politics of security provision in contemporary Eastern Europe |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Jakobi, Anja P
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Geisler, Charles
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| ISBN |
9781315734637 |
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131573463X |
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