Target markets: international terrorism meets global capitalism in the mall

This ground-breaking book explores the points of convergence between corporate capitalism and terrorist practice. Assessing the increase in the number of terrorist attacks directed against commercial entities in urban areas, such as the Westgate mall in Nairobi or the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris,...

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Autor principal: Mirgani, Suzi (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld transcript [2017]
En:Año: 2017
Acceso en línea: Inhaltstext (Verlag)
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
Einkaufszentrum
Konsumgesellschaft
Nairobi
Nairobi > Einkaufszentrum > Attentat > Geschichte 2013
Nairobi > Shabaab > Internationaler Terrorismus > Radikalismus > Einkaufszentrum > Attentat > Kapitalismus > Globalisierung > Geschichte 2013
Shopping malls > Security measures
Sicherheitsgewerbe
Target marketing
Terrorism
Terrorismus
Terrorismus > Kapitalismus
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Sumario:This ground-breaking book explores the points of convergence between corporate capitalism and terrorist practice. Assessing the increase in the number of terrorist attacks directed against commercial entities in urban areas, such as the Westgate mall in Nairobi or the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, Suzi Mirgani offers a fascinating and disturbing perspective on the spaces where supposedly oppositional ends of the spectrum meet on common ground. How is it that these urban commercial spaces provide ground zero for a conference between the most powerful forces of contemporary culture: the most mainstream and the most extreme?
Notas:Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 173-197
Descripción Física:197 Seiten 225 mm x 148 mm, 318 g
ISBN:3837633527
9783837633528