Pirate lands : governance and maritime piracy / Ursula Daxecker and Brandon Prins.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190097424 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Piracy -- Indonesia | Piracy -- Nigeria | Piracy -- Somalia | Corruption -- Indonesia | Corruption -- Nigeria | Corruption -- SomaliaAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190097394DDC classification: 364.164 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Maritime piracy - like civil war, terrorism, and organized crime - is a problem of weak states. Surprisingly, though, pirates do not operate in the least-governed areas of weak states. 'Pirate Lands' addresses this puzzle by explaining why some coastal communities experience more pirate attacks in their vicinity than others.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Maritime piracy - like civil war, terrorism, and organized crime - is a problem of weak states. Surprisingly, though, pirates do not operate in the least-governed areas of weak states. 'Pirate Lands' addresses this puzzle by explaining why some coastal communities experience more pirate attacks in their vicinity than others.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 11, 2021).