Transnational Actors in War and Peace: Militants, Activists, and Corporations in World Politics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1626164428 ISBN 13: 9781626164420

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Transnational Actors in War and Peace provides a comparative examination of a range of transnational actors who have been key to the conduct of war and peace promotion, and of how they interact with states and each other. It explores the identities, organization, strategies and influence of transnational actors involved in contentious politics, armed conflict, and peacemaking.

While the study of transnational politics has been a rapidly growing field, to date, the disparate actors have not been analyzed alongside each other, making it difficult to develop a common theoretical framework or determine their influence on international security. This book brings together a diverse set of scholars focused on a range of transnational actors, such as: foreign fighters, terrorists, private military security companies, religious groups, diasporas, NGOs, and women's peace groups. Malet and Anderson provide the standard for future study of transnational actors in this work intended for those interested in security studies, international relations, conflict resolution, and global governance.

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Transnational Actors in War and Peace is the first book to provide a comparative examination of the identities, organization, strategies, and influence of transnational actors involved in contentious politics, armed conflict, and peacemaking. The groups examined include foreign fighters, terrorists, private military security companies, religious groups, diasporas, NGOs, and women’s peace groups. Malet and Anderson provide the standard for future study of transnational actors with this essential resource for scholars and students of security studies, international relations, conflict resolution, and global governance.

About the Author

David Malet is Director of the Security Policy Studies program of the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. He is the author of Foreign Fighters: Transnational Identity in Civil Conflicts and Biotechnology and International Security.

Miriam J. Anderson is an associate professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University, Canada. She is the author of Windows of Opportunity: How Women Seize Peace Negotiations for Political Change.

About this edition

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1626164428
• ISBN 13: 9781626164420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Malet David, Anderson Miriam J.