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Terror and territory : the spatial extent of sovereignty /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Elden, Stuart, 1971-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.