{"product_id":"crisis-of-the-state-war-and-social-upheaval-9781845455835","title":"Crisis of the State: War and Social Upheaval","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAnalyzing both historical contexts and geographical locations, this volume explores the continuous reformation of state power and its potential in situations of violent conflict. The state, otherwise understood as an abstract and transcendent concept in many works on globalization in political philosophy, is instead located and analyzed here as an embedded part of lived reality. This relationship to the state is exposed as an integral factor to the formation of the social – whether in Africa, the Middle East, South America or the United States. Through the examination of these particular empirical settings of war or war-like situations, the book further argues for the continued importance of the state in shifting social and political circumstances. In doing so, the authors provide a critical contribution to debates within a broad spectrum of fields that are concerned with the future of the state, the nature of sovereignty, and globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe variety of the essays and empirical cases demonstrate clearly the necessity of careful analysis of local situations and provide strong arguments for avoiding the overemphasis of singular explanations, such as those based on human rights…Because of its theoretical sophistication as well as empirical force the volume deserves a careful reading.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelsinki Review of Global Governance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003ethis volume…provides rich theoretical and empirical inputs for discussions of some of the most important current issues concerning the state, globalization, and the use of violence.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAnthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e The Crisis of Power and Reformations of the State in Globalizing Realities\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBruce Kapferer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBjørn Enge Bertelsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eSECTION I: TRANSFORMATIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY, EMPIRE, STATE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e The Military Industrial Complex and the U.S. Empire\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJune Nash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Post-Soviet Formation of the Russian State and the War in Chechnya. Chaotic Form of Sovereignty\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJakob Rigi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Market Forces, Political Violence and War. The End of Nation-states, the Rise of Ethnic and Global Sovereignties?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eCaroline Ifeka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eSECTION II: WAR ZONE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Rebel Ravages in Bundibugyo, Uganda’s Forgotten District\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eKirsten Alnaes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e The Fear of the Midnight Knock. State Sovereignty and Internal Enemies in Uganda\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSverker Finnström\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Scales of Confrontations, or the Pastoral Staff\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eFrode Storaas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eSECTION III: SOVEREIGN LOGICS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e The Sovereign as Savage. The Pathos of Ethno-nationalist Passion\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eChristopher Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e The Paramilitary Function of Transparency in Latin America and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eStaffan Löfving\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Sorcery and Death Squads. Transformations of State, Sovereignty and Violence in Postcolonial Mozambique\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBjørn Enge Bertelsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Collective Violence and Counter State-building. Algeria 1954-1962\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRasmus Boserup\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Malignant Organisms. Continuities of State-run Violence in Rural Liberia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMats Utas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Israel’s Wall and the Logic of Encystation. Sovereign Exception or Wild Sovereignty?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGlenn Bowman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042981019991,"sku":"9781845455835","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845455835.jpg?v=1750956504","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crisis-of-the-state-war-and-social-upheaval-9781845455835","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}