Global Criminal Sovereign Free Economies Demise of Western - Dark Renaissance

Informationen zum Autor Robert J. Bunker is a Distinguished Visiting Professor and Minerva Chair at the Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, USA. Pamela Ligouri Bunker is a past senior officer of the Counter-OPFOR Corporation and has professional experience in research and program coordination in University, Non-Government Organization (NGO), and City Government settings. Zusammenfassung States within the global political economy today face a twin insurgency, one from below, another from above.This project seeks to explore the supra-national (top down) component and examine how it compliments the sub-national (bottom up) component expressed by criminal insurgency derived from the illicit economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: The Twin Insurgency—Facing Plutocrats and Criminals Nils Gilman 4. Introduction: Kleptocracies, Warlords and Mafias in Uniform Mark Galeotti 5. Overview: Dark Renaissance— Crime, Corruption, and Global Class Warfare Robert J. Bunker and Pamela Ligouri Bunker PART ONE: ENERGY, ECONOMICS AND WAR 6. The Contemporary Clash in Civilization T. Lindsay Moore 7. The Illicit and Sovereign Free International Political Economies Yelena A. Tuzova 8. Criminal Enterprises, Private Military Companies, Smart Robots and their Implications for National Sovereignty T.X. Hammes PART TWO: CRIMINAL AND SOVEREIGN FREE CHANGE AND CONFLICT 9. The Reconfiguring of Institutions by Illicit Networks in Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico Luis Jorge Garay Salamanca and Eduardo Salcedo-Albaran 10. Public Looting for Private Gain: Predatory Capitalism, MNCs & Global Elites, and Plutocratic Insurgency Robert J. Bunker PART THREE: DEMISE OF THE WESTERN DEMOCRACIES 11. The Demise of the American Middle Class and Rise of the Police State Tanya Buhler Corbin and Nicole Hendrix 12. Crisis in Europe: The Deconstruction of the Westphalian State Pamela Ligouri Bunker ...

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• Authors: Robert J. (Counter-Opfor Corporation Bunker
• Assisted by: Pamela Ligouri Bunker (Editor), Robert J. Bunker (Editor), Bunker Pamela Ligouri (Editor), Bunker Robert J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.11.2016
• EAN: 9781138287990
• ISBN: 978-1-138-28799-0
• Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Political Economy, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Finance & accounting, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Finance and accounting