Explores the concept of clandestine government and reveals how covert political activity and transnational organised crime are linked. Editor(s): Wilson, Eric. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444. . 2009. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Government of the Shadows
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication Date: 2009
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0745326234
ISBN 13: 9780745326238
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Government of the Shadows analyses the concept of clandestine government. It explores how covert political activity and transnational organised crime are linked -- and how they ultimately work to the advantage of state and corporate power.

The book shows that legitimate government is now routinely accompanied by extra-governmental covert operations. Using a variety of case studies, from the mafia in Italy to programmes for food and reconstruction in Iraq, the contributors illustrate that para-political structures are not 'deviant', but central to the operation of global governments.

The creation of this truly parallel world-economy, the source of huge political and economic potential, entices states to undertake new forms of regulation, either through their own intelligence agencies, or through the more shadowy world of criminal cartels.

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Eric Wilson is Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University, Melbourne.

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