Globalisation, democracy and terrorism / Eric Hobsbawm.

Collection type	Library
Author	Hobsbawm, E (Eric J, author. J, author., author.), 1917-;
Call Number	303.482 H684g
Document type	Monograph
Year	2008, c2007. 2008. 007
Pagination	184 pages ; 20 cm.
Publisher	Abacus, Abacus,
Note	First published: London : Little, Brown, 2007. Includes bibliographical references and index. In this collection of illuminating, incisive and thought-provoking essays, Eric Hobsbawm examines every aspect of the issues that have inspired the greatest debate - not only among politicians, academics and commentators but among all of us - in recent years: that is, the effects of globalisation, the plight of democracy and the threat of terrorism. As we are only too aware, all of these have the power to affect our daily lives, from the state of our economies to the fear of murderous bomb attacks in our cities.
Place made	London : London

Abstract

War and peace in the twentieth century -- War, peace, and hegemony at the beginning of the twenty-first century -- Why American hegemony differs from Britain''s empire -- On the end of empires -- Nations and nationalism in the new century -- The prospects of democracy -- Spreading democracy -- Terror -- Public order in the age of violence -- The empire expands wider still and wider.