Hyperconflict - Globalization and Insecurity

Zusatztext "This volume is a seminal contribution to the literature on the nexus of globalization! insecurity! and conflict! particularly because it introduces useful concepts such as hyperconflict! hypercompetition! and hyperpower in order to provide very useful insights about profound changes that have taken place in territoriality! legitimacy! economies! and rival belief systems! among other issues...Highly recommended." - E. Conteh-Morgan! University of South Florida Informationen zum Autor James H. Mittelman is University Professor of International Affairs at American University. His recent books include Whither Globalization? The Vortex of Knowledge and Ideology (Routledge, 2004) and The Globalization Syndrome: Transformation and Resistance (Princeton University Press, 2000). Klappentext A combination of heightened economic competition and an extreme concentration of power in geopolitics globalizes insecurity in the form of hyperconflict: a reorganization of political violence, a growing climate of fear, and increasing instability at a world level. Zusammenfassung A combination of heightened economic competition and an extreme concentration of power in geopolitics globalizes insecurity in the form of hyperconflict: a reorganization of political violence, a growing climate of fear, and increasing instability at a world level.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mittelman James, James Mittelman, James H. Mittelman
• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.01.2010
• EAN: 9780804763752
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-6375-2
• Seiten: 288
• Serie: Stanford Security Studies
• Themen: Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Politik; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung