Globalization and the National Security State

by T.V. Paul and Norrin M. Ripsman

Book Overview

In the past two decades, many have posited a correlation between the spread of globalization and the decline of the nation-state. In the realm of national security, advocates of the globalization thesis have argued that states' power has diminished relative to transnational governmental institutions, NGOs, and transnational capitalism. Initially, they pointed to declines in both global military spending (which has risen dramatically in recent years)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195393910
• ISBN13: 9780195393910
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"