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No Man´s Land: Globalization, Territory, and Clandestine Groups in Southeast Asia
Justin V. Hastings
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Description for No Man´s Land: Globalization, Territory, and Clandestine Groups in Southeast Asia
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
The increased ability of clandestine groups to operate with little regard for borders or geography is often taken to be one of the dark consequences of a brave new globalized world. Yet even for terrorists and smugglers, the world is not flat; states exert formidable control over the technologies of globalization, and difficult terrain poses many of the same problems today as it has throughout human history. In No Man's Land, Justin V. Hastings examines the complex relationship that illicit groups have with modern technology—and how and when geography still matters.
Based on often difficult fieldwork in Southeast Asia, Hastings ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801476792
SKU
V9780801476792
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About Justin V. Hastings
Justin V. Hastings is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Comparative Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney.
Reviews for No Man´s Land: Globalization, Territory, and Clandestine Groups in Southeast Asia
"No Man's Land is a useful and original contribution to the literature on terrorism from the perspective of political geography. It provides a different perspective from mainstream terrorism and strategic studies and gives a useful counter to the sometimes bloated claims of the advocates of globalization. Just as realists in International Relations argue that globalization has not meant the end ... Read more