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The dark side of globalization / edited by Jorge Heine and Ramesh Thakur.

Contributor(s): Heine, Jorge | Thakur, Ramesh Chandra, 1948-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Tokyo : United Nations University Press, 2011Description: xxi, 302 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9789280811940 (pbk.); 9280811940 (pbk.).Subject(s): ORGANIZED CRIME | AFRICA | SOUTH ASIA | REGIONAL COOPERATION | LATIN AMERICA | CIVIL SOCIETY
Contents:
Foreword : In the penumbra of globalization / Saskia Sassen -- Introduction : Globalization and transnational uncivil society / Jorge Heine and Ramesh Thakur -- Globalization, imperialism and violence / William D. Coleman -- New state structures in South America / Edgardo Lander -- The African connection / Garth le Pere and Brendan Vickers -- Arms trafficking in West Africa / Dorcas Ettang -- Organized crime in Southern Africa / Charles Goredema -- Maoism in a globalizing India / Ajay K. Mehra -- Globalization and South Asian insurgencies / S.D. Muni -- Terrorism and political movement in Kashmir / Rekha Chowdhary -- Jihad in the age of globalization / Nasra Hassan -- Security challenges in a unipolar globalized world / M.J. Akbar -- Regional integration as a response to globalization / Luk Van Langenhove and Tiziana Scaramagli -- Civil society and trade protests in the Americas / Marisa von Bülow -- Global production, local protest and the Uruguay River pulp mills project / Ricardo A. Gutiérrez Gustavo Almeira -- Actors and activities in the anti-human trafficking movement / Kirsten Foot -- Conclusions : A bumpy ride to globalization, Google and jihad / Jorge Heine and Ramesh Thakur.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword : In the penumbra of globalization / Saskia Sassen -- Introduction : Globalization and transnational uncivil society / Jorge Heine and Ramesh Thakur -- Globalization, imperialism and violence / William D. Coleman -- New state structures in South America / Edgardo Lander -- The African connection / Garth le Pere and Brendan Vickers -- Arms trafficking in West Africa / Dorcas Ettang -- Organized crime in Southern Africa / Charles Goredema -- Maoism in a globalizing India / Ajay K. Mehra -- Globalization and South Asian insurgencies / S.D. Muni -- Terrorism and political movement in Kashmir / Rekha Chowdhary -- Jihad in the age of globalization / Nasra Hassan -- Security challenges in a unipolar globalized world / M.J. Akbar -- Regional integration as a response to globalization / Luk Van Langenhove and Tiziana Scaramagli -- Civil society and trade protests in the Americas / Marisa von Bülow -- Global production, local protest and the Uruguay River pulp mills project / Ricardo A. Gutiérrez Gustavo Almeira -- Actors and activities in the anti-human trafficking movement / Kirsten Foot -- Conclusions : A bumpy ride to globalization, Google and jihad / Jorge Heine and Ramesh Thakur.

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