Ransom is a lucrative but very tricky business. Based on in-depth interviews with experts, this book provides an economic analysis of how the trade in hostages works, and uncovers an intricate and powerful private governance system ordering transactions between the legal and the criminal economies.
Ransom is a lucrative but very tricky business. Based on in-depth interviews with experts, this book provides an economic analysis of how the trade in hostages works, and uncovers an intricate and powerful private governance system ordering transactions between the legal and the criminal economies.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Anja Shortland is a Reader in Political Economy at King's College London. She has worked as an academic economist at Leicester and Brunel Universities, rising to fame for her work on the economics of Somali piracy. She now studies private governance in the world's trickiest markets: hostages, fine art, and antiquities- and how people live, trade, and invest in complex and hostile territories.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Kidnap for Ransom as a Business Part I: Why People are Kidnapped for Ransom 2. Understanding Patterns of Kidnapping 3. The Protectors Choice Part II. Making Kidnapping Insurable 4. What is Kidnap for Ransom Insurance? 5. Crafting an Effective Protection Contract 6. The Price of a Life 7. The Case of the CEC Future 8. Trading with Kidnappers 9. Governing Kidnap for Ransom Part III. When Kidnaps Go Wrong 10. Why Do Hostages Die? 11. Debrief Notes Bibliography Index
1. Kidnap for Ransom as a Business Part I: Why People are Kidnapped for Ransom 2. Understanding Patterns of Kidnapping 3. The Protectors Choice Part II. Making Kidnapping Insurable 4. What is Kidnap for Ransom Insurance? 5. Crafting an Effective Protection Contract 6. The Price of a Life 7. The Case of the CEC Future 8. Trading with Kidnappers 9. Governing Kidnap for Ransom Part III. When Kidnaps Go Wrong 10. Why Do Hostages Die? 11. Debrief Notes Bibliography Index
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