Global security upheaval : armed nonstate groups usurping state stability functions / Robert Mandel.

This book calls into question the commonly held contentions that central governments are the most important or even the sole sources of a nation's stability, and that subnational and transnational nonstate forces are a major source of global instability. By assessing recent real-world trends, M...

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Main Author: Mandel, Robert, 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : analytical focus -- The nature of stability -- The nature of armed non-state groups -- The transformation in global security control -- Case studies of armed non-state group control attempts -- Analysis of case study patterns -- Private coercive stability promotion complexities -- Conclusion : policy guidelines. 
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520 |a This book calls into question the commonly held contentions that central governments are the most important or even the sole sources of a nation's stability, and that subnational and transnational nonstate forces are a major source of global instability. By assessing recent real-world trends, Mandel reveals that areas exist where it makes little sense to rely on state governments for stability, and that attempts to bolster such governments to promote stability often prove futile. He demonstrates how armed nonstate groups can sometimes provide local stability better than states, an. 
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650 0 |a Non-state actors (International relations) 
650 0 |a Political stability. 
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650 7 |a TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING  |x Military Science.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Non-state actors (International relations)  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Political stability  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Security, International  |2 fast 
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