Battersby The Unlawful Society

Global Crime and Security in a Complex World
2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-28296-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 290 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security

Exploring the dynamics of law-making in a world where the pace of technological change is outstripping our capacity to capture new forms of transnational crime, this book uses the innovative concept of unlawfulness to examine the crimes of the global overworld, forming a unique analysis of global order in the twenty-first century.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Battersby, Paul

Battersby, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Criminal Measures: Counting the Costs of Transnational Crime 2. Converging in the Shadows: Complex Security, Complex Crime 3. The Globalization of State Crime 4. "Good Corp, Bad Corp": Market Crimes and Systemic Insecurity 5. Invidious Choices: Humanitarianism on the Edge 6. Amorality, Complexity and Cosmopolitan Code

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Battersby is Associate Professor and Head of Global Studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia, where he teaches courses on global risk and governance, global crime and international law. His previous books include C rime Wars: The Global Intersection of Crime, Political Violence and International Law (with Joseph Siracusa and Sasho Riplilsoki, 2011) and the Handbook of Globalization (co-editor with Manfred Steger and Joseph Siracusa, 2014).