Hyperconflict Globalization and Insecurity [Hardcover]

This book addresses two questions that are crucial to the human condition in the twenty-first century: does globalization promote security or fuel insecurity? And what are the implications for world order? Coming to grips with these matters requires building a bridge between the geoeconomics and geopolitics of globalization, one that extends to the geostrategic realm. Yet few analysts have sought to span this gulf.Filling the void, Mittelman identifies systemic drivers of global security and insecurity and demonstrates how the intense interaction between them heightens insecurity at a world level. The emergent confluence he labels hyperconflicta structure characterized by a reorganization of political violence, a growing climate of fear, and increasing instability at a world level. Ultimately, his assessment offers an early warning to enable prevention of a gathering storm of hyperconflict, and the establishment of enduring peace. James Mittelman is an outstanding critical scholar of globalization. In this book he examines the social and political conflict and widespread insecurity engendered by globalization. His rigorous approach is inspired by his direct experience of the struggles of people in Africa and parts of Asia as well as his familiarity with European and American thinking. The book should be read by anyone concerned with the emergence of world order in the uncertainties of the present era. James Mittelman's penetrating analysis of global (dis)order offers students of globalization a much-needed conceptual toolbox to understanding the great political, economic, and cultural shifts of the early 21st century. Drawing on relevant historical developments to sketch future scenarios,Hyperconflictis destined to become a classic in the new interdisciplinary field of Global Studies. Mittelman brilliantly and presciently provides us with the first comprehensive mapping of this twenty-first century terrain of insecurity, the touchstone of his heroicló,