Government of the Shadows
Parapolitics and Criminal Sovereignty
Published on 20. January 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
308 pages
978-0-7453-2623-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book uncovers the activities of clandestine governments. It explores how covert political activity and transnational organised crime are linked - and how they ultimately work to the advantage of state and corporate power.
Using a variety of case studies, from the mafia in Italy to programmes for food and reconstruction in Iraq, the authors illustrate that parapolitical structures are not 'deviant', but central to the operation of global governments.
The creation of this parallel world economy, the source of huge political and economic potential, entices states to undertake new forms of regulation, either through their own intelligence agencies, or through the more shadowy world of criminal cartels.
Using a variety of case studies, from the mafia in Italy to programmes for food and reconstruction in Iraq, the authors illustrate that parapolitical structures are not 'deviant', but central to the operation of global governments.
The creation of this parallel world economy, the source of huge political and economic potential, entices states to undertake new forms of regulation, either through their own intelligence agencies, or through the more shadowy world of criminal cartels.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
496 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7453-2623-8 (9780745326238)
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E-Book
01/2009
1st Edition
Pluto Press
€122.99
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Person
Eric Wilson is Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University, Melbourne, engaged with questions of critical legal theory and the history and philosophy of international law. He is the author of Government of the Shadows (Pluto, 2009).
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Parapolitics, Shadow Governance and Criminal Sovereignty
Robert Cribb (Australian National University, Canberra) and Peter Dale Scott (University of California, Berkeley)
PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
1. Deconstructing the Shadows by Eric Wilson (Monash University, Victoria, Australia)
2. Democratic State vs. Deep State: Approaching the Dual State of the West by Ola Tunander (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo)
3. Governing Through Globalised Crime by Mark Findlay (University of Sydney)
4. Prospering from Crime: Money Laundering and Financial Crises by Guilhem Fabre (Le Harve University, France)
5. The Shadow Economy: Markets, Crime and the State by Howard Dick (University of Melbourne)
6. Transnational Crime and Global Illicit Economies by Vincenzo Ruggiero (Middlesex University)
7. Redefining Statehood in the Global Periphery by William Reno (Northwestern University, Illinois)
PART II: CASE STUDIES
8. The Sicilian Mafia: Para-state and Adventure Capitalism by Henner Hess (University of Frankfurt)
9. Drugs, Parapolitics, and Mexico: The DFS, the Drug Traffic, and the United States by Peter Dale Scott (University of California, Berkeley)
10. Parapolitics and Afghanistan by Rensselaer W. Lee III (Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia)
11. From Drug Lords to Warlords: Illegal Drugs and the 'Unintended' Consequences of Drug Policies in Colombia by Francisco Thoumi (Universidad del Rosario, Bogota)
12. Covert Netherworld: Clandestine Services and Criminal Syndicates in Shaping the Philippine State by Alfred W. McCoy (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
13. Beyond Democratic Checks and Balances: The Propaganda Due Masonic Lodge and the CIA in Italy's First Republic by Daniele Ganser (Freelance historian, has taught at universities in Switzerland including Basel)
Notes on Contributors
Index
Introduction: Parapolitics, Shadow Governance and Criminal Sovereignty
Robert Cribb (Australian National University, Canberra) and Peter Dale Scott (University of California, Berkeley)
PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
1. Deconstructing the Shadows by Eric Wilson (Monash University, Victoria, Australia)
2. Democratic State vs. Deep State: Approaching the Dual State of the West by Ola Tunander (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo)
3. Governing Through Globalised Crime by Mark Findlay (University of Sydney)
4. Prospering from Crime: Money Laundering and Financial Crises by Guilhem Fabre (Le Harve University, France)
5. The Shadow Economy: Markets, Crime and the State by Howard Dick (University of Melbourne)
6. Transnational Crime and Global Illicit Economies by Vincenzo Ruggiero (Middlesex University)
7. Redefining Statehood in the Global Periphery by William Reno (Northwestern University, Illinois)
PART II: CASE STUDIES
8. The Sicilian Mafia: Para-state and Adventure Capitalism by Henner Hess (University of Frankfurt)
9. Drugs, Parapolitics, and Mexico: The DFS, the Drug Traffic, and the United States by Peter Dale Scott (University of California, Berkeley)
10. Parapolitics and Afghanistan by Rensselaer W. Lee III (Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia)
11. From Drug Lords to Warlords: Illegal Drugs and the 'Unintended' Consequences of Drug Policies in Colombia by Francisco Thoumi (Universidad del Rosario, Bogota)
12. Covert Netherworld: Clandestine Services and Criminal Syndicates in Shaping the Philippine State by Alfred W. McCoy (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
13. Beyond Democratic Checks and Balances: The Propaganda Due Masonic Lodge and the CIA in Italy's First Republic by Daniele Ganser (Freelance historian, has taught at universities in Switzerland including Basel)
Notes on Contributors
Index