Globalisation Democracy And Terrorism

Author : Eric J. Hobsbawm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780349120669
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalisation, Democracy and Terrorism written by Eric J. Hobsbawm and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of illuminating, incisive and thought-provoking essays, Eric Hobsbawm examines every aspect of the issues that have inspired the greatest debate - not only among politicians, academics and commentators but among all of us - in recent years: that is, the effects of globalisation, the plight of democracy and the threat of terrorism. As we are only too aware, all of these have the power to affect our daily lives, from the state of our economies to the fear of murderous bomb attacks in our cities. Hobsbawm discusses war and peace in our lifetime, problems of public order, anarchy and terrorism, nationalism and the changing nature of the nation-state, and the future prospects for democracy, setting out the historical background and the lessons it can offer us. Above all, he turns his piercing gaze to the Middle East and Western imperialism. Engaging, erudite and demonstrating his characteristically firm grasp of the facts and statistics, Hobsbawm's essays are indispensable to our understanding of the world we live in.

Author : Vijay Kumar Verma
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789380138473
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalisation, Democracy and Terrorism written by Vijay Kumar Verma and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael A. Peters
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131726066X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education, Globalization and the State in the Age of Terrorism written by Michael A. Peters and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education plays an important role in challenging, combating and in understanding terrorism in its different forms, whether as counter-terrorism or as a form of human rights education. Just as education has played a significant role in the process of nation-building, so education also plays a strong role in the process of empire, globalization and resistance to global forces-and in terrorism, especially where it is linked to emergent statehood. This book focuses on the theme of education in an age of terrorism, exploring the conflicts of globalization and global citizenship, feminism post-9/11, youth identities, citizenship and democracy in a culture of permanent war, and the relation between education and war, with a focus on the war against Iraq.

Author : William J. Crotty
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781555536251
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democratic Development & Political Terrorism written by William J. Crotty and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2005 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely collection of original essays examines the global link between democratic development and political terrorism, delving into the difficult questions, challenges, far-reaching consequences, and uncertainties of dealing with terrorism on an international scale.

Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497648947
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The West and the Rest written by Roger Scruton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scruton shows how the different religious and philosophical roots of Western and Islamic societies have resulted in those societies’ profoundly divergent beliefs about the nature of political order. For one thing, the idea of the social contract, crucial to the self-conception of Western nations, is entirely absent in Islamic societies. Similarly, Scruton explains why the notions of territorial jurisdiction, citizenship, and the independent legitimacy of secular authority and law are both specifically Western and fundamentally antipathetic to Islamic thought. And yet, says Scruton, for its adherents Islam provides amply for one of the most fundamental of human needs: the need for membership. In contrast, the decay of the West’s own political vision, and its concomitant preoccupation with individual choice, has finally led to a “culture of repudiation” in which that need goes increasingly unfulfilled, principally because the sources of its fulfillment—patriotism, religious belief, traditional ways of life—are routinely mocked. Globalization has made these facts an explosive mixture. Migration, modern communications, and the media have inexorably brought the formerly remote inhabitants of Islamic nations into constant contact with the images, products, and peoples of secular, liberal democracies. Scruton warns that in light of this new reality, certain Western assumptions—about consumption and prosperity, about borders and travel, about free trade and multinational corporations, and about multiculturalism—need to be thoroughly re-evaluated. The West and the Rest is a major contribution to the West’s public discourse about terrorism, civil society, and liberal democracy.

Author : Fathali M. Moghaddam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313344817
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Globalization Spurs Terrorism written by Fathali M. Moghaddam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-08-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores modern Islamic terrorism in the context of globalization and cultural evolution. 21st century terrorism is different and new, first because it relies heavily on electronic communication systems and other aspects of modern technologies, and second, because it is in large part a product of fractured globalization, with its associated threats to the collective identity of Muslims. Part one of this work contrasts globalization as an ideal with globalization as it is actually taking place, with its enormous contradictions and threats. Moghaddam, a longtime and highly respected terrorism and conflict researcher, argues that globalization is resulting in serious threats to the basic psychological needs of some, particularly in connection with collective identity. Part two explores how globalization has brought sudden contact between different groups with no previous history of large-scale contact, resulting in a rapid decline in diversity. Terrorism is one of the dysfunctional defense mechanisms of people in such conditions, facing external threats. Part three describes long-term solutions, focusing particularly on the role of women and the nature of the family in traditional Islamic societies. Moghaddam shows us why globalization is resulting in what he calls catastrophic evolution, the rapid decline and disappearance of minority cultures and languages, and why that brings a clash of ideologies and the rise of extremism. There are also other dangerous trends, and those call for inspired solutions, springing from an understanding that traditional conflict-resolution, evolved in the shadow of the Cold War, is no longer effective and needs to change.

Author : Brynjar Lia
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135775273
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism written by Brynjar Lia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon new research and methods outside the traditional focus, and by taking both a theoretical approach and a new practical predictive perspective, Brynjar Lia delivers a fresh and fascinating contribution to terrorism studies. Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism shows us that while predicting terrorism is a highly speculative business, there are ways of identifying certain long-term causes, driving forces and their links with society. Terrorists are usually integral players in local and sometimes global politics. Hence, when the local, regional and international contexts change,

Author : Charles Derber
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429972904
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book People Before Profit written by Charles Derber and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of globalization-its promises, and more often, its shortcomings-commands worldwide attention. Recent events illuminate the dark side of globalization and underscore the urgent need to redesign its basic principles. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 are one in a series of crisis that have shaken the foundations of the global order. The rise of strong anti-globalization movements around the world, the deteriorating global economy, including America's own economic turbulence, and an ever-growing distrust of powerful multinational corporations in the face of catastrophic mismanagement, symbolized by Enron and WorldCom, dramatize the failure of globalization. For a safe and economically secure future, Charles Derber argues in People Before Profit we must de-bunk the myths about our current form of corporate-led globalization and re-orient ourselves on a more democratic path. Popular misconceptions, what Derber terms the "globalization mystique," present globalization as new, inevitable, self-propelling, and win-win for rich and poor countries alike. By challenging each of these beliefs, Derber reveals a dynamic system that is constantly being invented and re-invented-and can be again. Globalization does not have to be a "race to the bottom" where the poverty gap grows ever wider and half the world lives on less than two dollars a day. In fact, Derber's hopeful and detailed vision of reform, including practical suggestions for every concerned citizen, shows that globalization has the potential to be an authentic agent of democracy, social justice, and economic stability. The challenges are great; the new globalization will require deep and difficult changes, as well as a new politics that shifts power away from the elite. But the seeds have already been planted and the new globalization is beginning to emerge. In a moment rich with opportunity, People Before Profit is an essential contribution to the most important debate of our times, written in clear, straight-forward prose for everyone seeking a better world.

Author : Stephen J. Hartnett
Publisher : University Alabama Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalization and Empire written by Stephen J. Hartnett and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pointed diagnosis of the fate of democracy in an age of globalization and empire. This bookprobes the discrepancies separating President Bush's stated reasons for waging war on Iraq, the deeper political and economic reasons for the invasion, and the consequences of the Bush administration's policies for the future of globalization.As the reconstruction of Iraq wobbles forward, tarnished by waves of deadly bombings and mounting charges of crony capitalism, many observers have come to consider the occupation a case study of the future of globalization, literally a harbinger of how the U.S. intends to build the post-9/11 world in its own image. Globalization and Empire offers a critique of the arguments for waging war on Iraq, an examination of the foreign policy principles driving that war, an analysis of the economic dilemmas of globalization, and an expos of the innerworkings of the reconstruction of Iraq. Moving from analysis to action, the book's appendix offers a comprehensive reader's guide to the anti-war and anti-corporate globalization movements, thus providing readers with practical options for re-energizing the practices of democracy both in America and abroad.

Author : J. Harrigan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230307000
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalisation, Democratisation and Radicalisation in the Arab World written by J. Harrigan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a fascinating analysis of the external and internal linkages that have for decades impeded economic and political reforms in the Arab world, and presents a new and coherent framework that enables policy makers and practitioners to better understand, identify and deal with the root causes of terrorism.