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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ungoverned space? The need for reevaluation / Anne L. Clunan -- Conceptualizing ungoverned spaces : territorial statehood, contested authority, and softened sovereignty / Anne L. Clunan and Harold A. Trinkunas -- Here be dragons : dangerous spaces and international security / Phil Williams -- Persistent insurgencies and warlords : who is nasty, who is nice, and why? / William Reno -- Non-state actors and failed states : lessons from Al-Qa'ida's experiences in the Horn of Africa / Ken Menkhaus and Jacob N. Shapiro -- A fortress without walls : alternative governance structures on the Afghan-Pakistan frontier / Ty L. Groh -- Understanding criminal networks, political order, and politics in Latin America / Enrique Desmond Arias -- Authority outside the state : non-state actors and new institutions in the Middle East / Anne Marie Baylouny -- Immigration and subterranean sovereignty in South African cities / Loren B. Landau and Tamlyn Monson -- Rules and regulations in ungoverned spaces : illicit economies, criminals, and belligerents / Vanda Felbab-Brown -- Nuclear trafficking in ungoverned spaces and failed states / Lyudmila Zaitseva -- From anti-money laundering to-- what? Formal sovereignty and feudalism in offshore financial services / Bill Maurer -- Negotiating Internet governance : security implications of multilateral approaches / J.P. Singh -- Under cover of the net : the hidden governance mechanisms of cyberspace / Ronald J. Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski -- Alternative governance and security / Anne L. Clunan and Harold A. Trinkunas.

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"Ungoverned spaces" are often cited as key threats to national and international security and are increasingly targeted by the international community for external interventions—both armed and otherwise. This book examines exactly when and how these spaces contribute to global insecurity, and it incorporates the many spaces where state authority is contested—from tribal, sectarian, or clan-based governance in such places as Pakistani Waziristan, to areas ruled by persistent insurgencies, such as Colombia, to nonphysical spaces, such … Show Moreas the internet and global finance. Within this multiplicity of contexts, the book addresses a range of security concerns, including weapons of mass destruction, migrants, dirty money, cyberdata, terrorists, drug lords, warlords, insurgents, radical Islamist groups, and human privacy and security.Ultimately, Ungoverned Spaces demonstrates that state-centric approaches to these concerns are unlikely to supplant the many sites of authority that provide governance in a world of softened sovereignty.

English.

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