State of corruption, state of chaos : the terror of political malfeasance / [edited by] Michaelene Cox.

Other author Cox, Michaelene.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2008.
Descriptionvii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Political corruption and global violence -- A primer in political pathologies: corruption and its correlates / Michaelene D. Cox -- Globalization and narcoterrorism / Vanda Felbab-Brown -- Democracy and non-state armed groups / Pablo Policzer -- The illicit small arms trade: global threat and response / Noha S. Shawki and Julian C. Westerhout -- Legal money with an illegal past: the unchallenged legal power of the new terror economy in a globalized world / Daniel Wehrenfennig -- Case studies in corruption and violence -- Beyond the North-South divide: a multi-pronged approach to transnational criminal networks in Latin America and the Caribbean / Julia Goehsing -- Corruption's corrosive effect on counterinsurgency: the free Aceh movement in Southeast Asia / Justin V. Hastings -- Political corruption and violence in Africa / George Klay Kieh, Jr. -- Microfinancing terrorism: a study in al Qaeda financing strategy / Tolga Koker and Carlos Yordán -- Political malfeasance and separatist conflicts: how corruption encourages violence in Abkhazia and South Ossetia / Alexander Kupatadze.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2008018083
ISBN9780739123881 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0739123882 (hardcover : alk. paper)