Terror and Territory : The Spatial Extent of Sovereignty /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elden, Stuart, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Terrorism
Sovereignty
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
terrorism.
sovereignty.
Terrorisme.
Territorialite humaine > Aspect politique.
Souverainete.
Terrorism.
Human territoriality > Political aspects.
Sovereignty.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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