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Book SynopsisState of Corruption, State of Chaos provides a base of knowledge upon which critical analyses on the nature and causes of violence can draw. Studies in this volume were selected for their unique contributions to the rich and growing literature on corruption and conflict.
Trade ReviewMichaelene Cox and her contributors cast a broad net, offering a book that is policy-relevant and theoretically-conscious. The volume offers a multifaceted, multi-layered examination of relationships among questionable or illegal political and economic activity, inadequate governmental capacity, forceful contention, and illegitimate domination. The chapters invite the reader to assess the adequacy of some national and international policies framed to deal with such problems as well as to consider more carefully the nature of statehood. This collection should find a broad audience. -- Barbara A. Chotiner, University of Alabama
This is a very comprehensive book that links corruption and conflict. It sheds new light on a topic which many have pointed to as important, but few have investigated empirically or systematically. This book, which has contributions from a good mix of junior and senior scholars, provides new insights from a variety of different points of view, and contributes greatly to our understanding of corruption and political conflict in the world. -- John Ishiyama, University of North Texas
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Table of Contents Chapter 2 Preface Part 3 I. Political Corruption and Global Violence Chapter 4 1. A Primer in Political Pathologies: Corruption and its Correlates Chapter 5 2. Globalization and Narcoterrorism Chapter 6 3. Democray and Non-State Armed Groups Chapter 7 4. The Illicit Small Arms Trade: Global Threat and Response Chapter 8 5. Legal Money with an Illegal Past: The Un-Challenged Legal Power of the New Terror Economy in a Globalized World Part 9 II. Case Studies in Corruption and Violence Chapter 10 6. Beyond the North-South Divide: A Multi-Pronged Approach to Transnational Criminal Networks in Latin America and the Caribbean Chapter 11 7. Corruption's Corrosive Effect on Counterinsurgency: The Free Aceh Movement in Southeast Asia Chapter 12 8. Political Corruption and Violence in Africa Chapter 13 9. Microfinancing Terrorism: A Study in al Qaeda Financing Strategy Chapter 14 10. Political Malfeasance and Separatist Conflicts: How Corruption Encourages Violence in Abkhazia and South Ossetia Chapter 15 About the Contributors
