Terror and territory : the spatial extent of sovereignty

Terror and territory : the spatial extent of sovereignty / Stuart Elden.

Today's global politics demands a new look at the concept of territory. From so-called deterritorialized terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda to U.S.-led overthrows of existing regimes in the Middle East, the relationship between territory and sovereignty is under siege. Unfolding an update...

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Main Author: Elden, Stuart, 1971-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Sovereignty.
Human territoriality > Political aspects.
Terrorism.
sovereignty.
terrorism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Sovereignty
Terrorism
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : terror and the state of territory
  • Geographies of fear, threat, and division
  • Territorial strategies of Islamism
  • Rubble reduced to dust : targeting weak states
  • Iraq : destruction and reconstitution
  • Territorial integrity and contingent sovereignty
  • Coda : the spatial extent of sovereignty.

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