The Predator Culture
Fred Harrison draws on global-wide case studies to show how the violent birth of nation-states, whether the result of territorial conquests or colonialism, splits the population into two classes, victors and vanquished. This division is perpetuated and legitimated through the system of land tenure. The pathological consequences - as diverse as failed states, organised crime (mafia), religious fundamentalism and the re-emergence of piracy - are the result of the violent uprooting of the original inhabitants from their homelands. Understanding the territorial basis of political power and wealth is the pre-requisite, Fred Harrison argues, for…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-85683-326-7
- EAN: 9780856833267
- Produktnummer: 18268744
- Verlag: Shepherd Walwyn Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 198 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 545 KB
Über den Autor
Fred Harrison is Research Director of Land Research Trust, London. After a career as a Fleet Street investigative journalist, he was a consultant to a number of Russian academic and political bodies, including the Duma (parliament), in their efforts to implement a more equitable transition to a market economy. Recently he has turned his attention to the failure of economic analysis and public policies in the market economies.
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