MILITANTS, CRIMINALS, AND WARLORDS : THE CHALLENGE OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN AN AGE OF DISORDER /

Conventional political theory holds that the sovereign state is the legitimate source of order and provider of public services in any society, whether democratic or not. But Hezbollah and ISIS in the Middle East, pirate clans in Africa, criminal gangs in South America, and militias in Southeast Asia...

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Main Authors:	Felbab-Brown, Vanda (Author), Trinkunas, Harold A. (Author), Hamid, Shadi, 1983- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2018
Series:	Geopolitics in the 21st century
Subjects:	Warlordism and international relations Local government Paramilitary forces Internal security Insurgency Transnational crime Sovereignty Failed states
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