The dual state : parapolitics, Carl Schmitt and the national security complex

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Author:

Wilson, Eric Michael, 1961-

ISBN:

9781409431077

Publication Information:

Farnham : Ashgate, c2012.

Physical Description:

xii, 363 p. ; 24 cm.

Series:

International and comparative criminal justice

International and comparative criminal justice.

Contents:

The concept of the parapolitical / Eric Wilson -- State-corporate globalization and the rise and demise of the new deal world order / Tom Reifer -- Capitalism, covert action and state-terrorism: toward a political economy of the dual state / Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed -- "America is addicted to oil": U.S. secret warfare and dwindling oil reserves in the context of peak oil and 9/11 / Daniele Ganser -- Researching parapolitics: replication, qualitative research, and social science methodology / David N. Gibbs -- The unusual suspects: Africa, parapolitics, and the national security state complex / Rico Carisch -- State hierarchy and governance: of shadows or equivelance in regulating global crisis / Mark Findlay -- Dual state: the case of Sweden / Ola Tunander -- Canadian stalking horse : a parallel power / David MacGregor -- A study in gray: the affaire moro and notes for a reinterpretation of the Cold War and the nature of terrorism / Guido Giacomo Preparata -- Schmitt, ergenekon, and the neocons / Len Bracken -- The spectacle and the partisan / Jeff Kinkle -- Targeting journalists and media in the new world order / Stig A. Nohrstedt and Rune Ottosen.

Abstract:

This book contains a demonstration of the relevance of Carl Schmitt's thought to parapolitical studies, arguing that his constitutional theory is the one best suited to investing the 'deep state' with intellectual and doctrinal coherence. It examines the dual state as the causal factor of inexplicable parapolitical events within the developed and developing world.

Personal Subject:

Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985-Political and social views.

Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985-Influence.

Subject Term:

State, The -- History -- 20th century.

State, The -- History -- 21st century.

Political science -- History -- 20th century.

Political science -- History -- 21st century.

World politics -- 1989-

Added Author:

Wilson, Eric Michael, 1961-

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This volume presents a practical demonstration of the relevance of Carl Schmitt's thought to parapolitical studies, arguing that his constitutional theory is the one best suited to investing the 'deep state' with intellectual and doctrinal coherence. Critiquing Schmitt's work from a variety of intellectual perspectives, the chapters discuss current parapolitical reality within the domain of criminology, the parapolitical nature of both the dual state and the national security state corporate complex. Using the USA as a prime example of the world's current dual or 'deep political state', the criminogenic dimensions of the parapolitical systems of post 9/11 America are discussed. Using case studies, the dual state is examined as the causal factor of inexplicable parapolitical events within both the developed and developing world, including Sweden, Canada, Italy, Turkey, and Africa.