Globalization, the State, and Violence - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0759102805 ISBN 13 : 9780759102804

Editeur : AltaMira Press, 2003

Synopsis

Friedman and a distinguished group of contributors offer a compelling analysis of globalization and the lethal explosiveness that characterizes the current world order. In particular, they investigate global processes and political forces that determine networks of crime, commerce and terror, and reveal the economic, social and cultural fragmentation of transnational networks. In a critical introduction, Friedman evaluates how transnational capital represents a truly global force, but geographical decentralization of accumulation still leads to declining state hegemony in some areas and increasing hegemony in others. The authors examine the growth and increasing autonomy of indigenous populations, and the massively destabililizing effect of migration processes. They describe the rapid increase in criminalization of ethnic and immigrant groups as well as an increase in class stratification, creating new forms of social confrontation and violence. In addition to ethnic, identity-based conflict there are analyses of transnational criminal networks, which also represents disintegration of larger homogeneous territories or hierarchical orders. The authors ask us to reevaluate the dynamics of globalization--the contradictions of centralization and fragmentation around the world--as we discover how best to transform these conditions for the future. This research was originally funded by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. Globalization, the State and Violence will be a valuable reference in anthropology, social theory, international politics and economics, ethnic conflict, immigration, and economic history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Bruce Kapferer is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen and Honorary Professor at UCL. His recent publications include 2001 and Counting: Kubrick, Nietzsche and Anthropology (Chicago, 2014) and Legends of People, Myths of State: Violence, Intolerance and Political Culture in Sri Lanka and Australia (Berghahn, 2011).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AltaMira Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0759102805
• ISBN 13: 9780759102804
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 408
• Éditeur: Friedman Jonathan