Global Criminal And Sovereign Free Economies And The Demise Of The Western Democracies: Dark Renaissance (routledge Advances In International Political Economy)

Synopsis

Drawing Together Experts From A Variety Of Backgrounds, This Work Explores The Increasing Shift Away From Formal Based Capitalism And Evaluates Through Case Studies How Different States Are Responding To The Challenges They Face-- Overview: Dark Renaissance -- Crime, Corruption, And Global Class Warfare / Robert J. Bunker And Pamela Ligouri Bunker -- Introduction: Kleptocracies, Warlords And Mafias In Uniform / Mark Galeotti -- Part I Energy, Economics And War -- The Contemporary Clash In Civilization / T. L Moore -- The Illicit And Sovereign Free International Political Economies / Yelena A. Tuzova -- Criminal Enterprises, Private Military Companies, Smart Robots And Their Implications For National Sovereignty / T. X. Hammes -- Part Ii Criminal And Sovereign Free Change And Conflict -- The Reconfiguring Of Institutions By Illicit Networks In Columbia, Guatemala And Mexico / Luis Jorge Garay Salamanca And Eduardo Salcedo-albarán -- Public Looting For Private Gain: Predatory Capitalism, Mncs And Global Elites, And Plutocratic Insurgency / Robert J. Bunker -- Part Iii Demise Of The Western Democracies -- The Demise Of The American Middle Class And The Rise Of The Police State / Tanya Buhler Corbin And Nicole Hendrix -- Crisis In Europe: The Deconstruction Of The Westphalian State / Pamela Ligouri Bunker -- Afterword: The Twenty-first-century International Political Economy -- Westphalian State And Middle Class Futures / Robert J. Bunker, Pamela Ligouri Bunker And John P. Sullivan. Edited By Robert J. Bunker And Pamela Ligouri Bunker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.