Ungoverned spaces : alternatives to state authority in an era of softened sovereignty / edited by Anne L. Clunan and Harold A. Trinkunas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clunan, Anne L., 1968-

Trinkunas, Harold A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Failed states.

Nation-state.

Sovereignty.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Security Studies, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive critique of the prevailing view of ungoverned spaces and the threat they pose to human, national and international security.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ungoverned Spaces?: The Need for Revolution / Anne L. Clunan; Part I: Conceptualizing Ungoverned Spaces and Alternative Authority; 1. Conceptualizing Ungoverned Spaces: Territorial Statehood, Contested Authority, and Softened Sovereignty / Anne L. Clunan and Harold A. Trinkunas; 2. Here Be Dragons: Dangerous Spaces and International Security / Phil Williams; Part II: Alternative Social Governance on the Margins of Territorial Sovereignty; 3. Persistent Insurgencies and Warlords: Who Is Nasty, Who Is Nice, and Why? / William Reno

4. Non-state Actors and Failed States: Lessons from Al-Qa'ida's Experiences in the Horn of Africa / Ken Menkhaus and Jacob N. Shapiro5. A Fortress without Walls: Alternative Governance Structures on the Afghan-Pakistan Frontier / Ty L. Groh; Part III: Alternative Modes of Security Provision in Zones of Urban Exclusion; 6. Understanding Criminal Networks, Political Order, and Politics in Latin America / Enrique Desmond Arias; 7. Authority outside the State: Non-state Actors and New Institutions in the Middle East / Anne Marie Baylouny

8. Immigration and Subterranean Sovereignty in South African Cities / Loren B. Landau and Tamlyn MonsonPart IV: Alternative Economies in the Shadow of the State; 9. Rules and Regulations in Ungoverned Spaces: Illicit Economies, Criminals, and Belligerents / Vanda Felbab-Brown; 10. Nuclear Trafficking in Ungoverned Spaces and Failed States / Lyudmila Zaitseva; Part V: Contesting Governance in Virtual Spaces; 11. From Anti-Money Laundering to . . . What?: Formal Sovereignty and Feudalism in Offshore Financial Services / Bill Maurer

12. Negotiating Internet Governance: Security Implications of Multilateral Approaches / J. P. Singh13. Under Cover of the Net: The Hidden Governance Mechanisms of Cyberspace / Ronald J. Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski; Conclusions: Ungoverned Spaces and Security; 14. Alternative Governance and Security / Anne L. Clunan and Harold A. Trinkunas; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804774499

0804774498

OCLC:

646788103