Globalization, the State, and Violence (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	AltaMira Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2003
First published:	April 2003
Editors:	Jonathan Friedman
Contributors:	Terence Turner • Saskia Sassen • Simone Ghezzi • Enzo Mingione • Michel Wieviorka (EHESS • Paris • Unni Wikan • Donald M. Nonini • Nina Glick Schiller
Dimensions:	230 x 145 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	408
ISBN-13:	978-0-7591-0281-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General
LSN:	0-7591-0281-3
Barcode:	9780759102811

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