Shadows And Sovereigns Analysis

The globalization of crime has become a renowned problem for the law worldwide; as societies become more interconnected, an act in one country can have repercussions in another which is across another continent. This is primarily down to technological developments, as nowadays communication between countries is simple compared to decades ago. Alongside this transport is also a major problem, as it means that illegal activities can take place in more than one country as goods are transferred between the two, allowing the criminal world to reach all corners of the world.

Thomm Quackenbush said “The seed of an urban legend find fertile soil at the corner of tragedy and imagination” in his book We Shadows. The image of Slenderman was created both in Anissa’s and Morgan's head and that eventually lead to the stabbing of Payton Leutner. Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser believed in the urban legend of Slenderman, causing them to commit this horrid act. Slenderman isn’t the only urban legend told to scare individuals the Grimm brothers introduced urban legends idea during the 19th century. Throughout the years children have become more interested in urban legends due to technology and that is why this legends sparked Anissa and Morgan to almost kill their friend.

In our reading of Illicit by Naim (2005), he suggests that the asymmetrical relationship between the government and transnational crime groups create a struggle for the government to respond to these transnational crimes at a decent rate (Naim,2005). On the other side our reading in McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by Glenny (2009), suggest otherwise. Glenny (2009) suggests that of a relationship between transnational crime groups, the public, the government and this is a huge aspect to how the government responds to these factors. Both perspectives contain their strengths and weaknesses, however the dependency theory by Glenny has more valid points than that of the asymmetrical theory by Naim.

Charles Tilly’s article “War Making and State Making as Organized Crime” creates an analogy between the creation of European states and acting out an organized crime. Earlier in our course, we learned about Max Weber, who defined a state as “a human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory.” Tilly argues that the word “protection” in relation to physical force has positive and negative connotations, leading to illegitimate use of power during the period time that Tilly is discussing. Tilly’s analysis eventually tells the reader that war is always a major part of state politics; specifically that war making and state making are interdependent.

In an effort to resist the rhetoric that readily aims to discredit the narratives of undocumented immigrants, the Fearless Undocumented Alliance (FUA) organization held a rally at the Quad called, “Coming Out of the Shadows,” on April 18, 2017. Arguable another version of the Self-Help model, this group conducts these rallies in order to provide a safe and open space for individuals to share their personal narratives and struggles and connect their lived experiences to the wider, structural oppression and discrimination that’s at play. However, in addition to providing a safe space for creativity and dialogue, these rallies are also held to raise awareness to social and political issues that often go unnoticed, which, in this case, was the

The nature of imperialism in the modern world has drastically changed; it has transcended from explicit military strength to economic, political, cultural and linguistic dimensions (Haque, 2011). Many anti-globalisation scholars argue that contemporary imperialist powers have turned to symbolic means of control, which are facilitated by the integration of Western-dominated global telecommunications systems and the

In the year 2074 humanity had developed enough technology to cure just about any disease, cancer, or disability. They had also figured out how to manipulate the brain and body into having something along the lines of super powers. People who had been given powers were called espers. All espers had different abilities, many could be similar, but they were always different. Not everyone could have an ability due to their mind and body not aligning right and sometimes they could have powers, but they were too weak to use. Because of this, powers were ranked from 1 to 5, with 1 at the weakest and 5 being at the strongest. These espers have to use their brains to calculate how their powers work in certain areas and where therefore insanely intelligent. Due to this, many of the world super powers came together to create Academy City, a city with more than 100 schools, aimed at teaching espers. The have a high population of non-espers too and most of the teachers aren’t espers either. Because of the need for state of the art technology to make espers, teach espers, and even keep them contained, it is said that Academy City is more than 20 years more technologically advanced than the rest of the world. It is here that we will follow Gin Ten a newly level 4 esper who had trained his way to where he is in the Academy

Shadow Diaries is a RPG that is a SPN and an AU off of The Vampire Diaries, The Originals and of course Teen Wolf. In the supernatural town called New Mystic Hills, Virginia that is named after all three television shows. Here in this little town we have witches, hybrids, doppelgangers, vampires, werewolves, banshees, kitsunes and our lovely humans. In this sleepy town no one is safe from the supernatural and yet the humans do the best they can to make sure word doesn't get out about their supernatural neighbors. The humans have made up their own founding council to ensure that the humans in this small town are protected and safe. Even though their plans don't always work out their are some supernatural creatures that do the best they can to

The world was created with the intent that every person might inhabit it and live freely and for the most part most of the people do just that; live freely with little to no restrictions. Yet, there is a small percentage that is oppressed, not openly, not publicly but in the shadows. In this country everyone comes from a line of immigrants. Every settler, every missionary, every pilgrim came to the New World as an immigrant, one who comes to live permanently in a foreign country due to oppression, religious freedom, or to pursue a better life. Yet a pressing issue that has taken a high level of importance in the political and social spectrums is the issue of immigration, how to prevent future immigrants from entering America

Boosted by the globalisation, the resale networks of the Internet and the lure of gain, inevitably, the laundering of such huge sums of black money can eventually generate serious conflicts between governments, dealers of all sorts, auction houses and collectors on a global level.

We have to contend, in the exercise of our personal power, with the influences of such power-channels in our environments and how they add to, limit or distort our exercise of power - e.g. hierarchies, coalitions,

Analysts agree that TNCs have altered the international relations principles that were once dominated by nation-state relations (Kline, 2005).Transnational Corporations have in many ways exploited the weaknesses in the territorially guarded national laws. In many developing countries, organizations affiliated to external control have challenged and in some instances threatened government sovereignty. Economically stable countries such as the United States of America, have attempted to extend their influence to other countries of the world through TNC. This situation is what led to governments endorsing the non-interference policy in national political affairs (United Nations, 2003). Interesting to note is the role that non-governmental organizations played in this debate. Nongovernmental organizations have been known to not only exert political pressure on governments with little democratic space, but also collaborate with TNCs in this quest. (Heinrich, 2001). For example, many NGOs sort the active involvement of TNC in removal of the apartheid regime in South Africa. This in return, has created tension between these governments and the NGOs with the NGOs calling for the increased political involvement of the TNCs.

Transnational crime is a growing problem. Transnational crime is defined as “self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate transnational for the purpose of obtaining power, influence, monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption and/ or violence, or while protecting their illegal activities through a transnational structure and the exploitation of transnational commerce or communication mechanisms.” (National Security Council, n.d.) . Transnational crimes are known under other names such as cross-national crime, global crime, international crime, and

The rising power of transnational terrorist organizations post 9/11 has weakened the state-centric framework of the international system and challenged the structural realist’s conception of power. As one of the major theories, one would assume that the premises of structural realism would be more applicable in the 21st century. However, leaders of today are enveloping countries in a globalist mindset, contesting a state mentality that honors sovereignty. 9/11 represents a historical turning point; in which clashes between state and non-state actors increased the vulnerability of state actors and challenged their internal sovereignty. This paper will examine the premises of structural realism and explain how the rise of non-state actors

This paper aims to discuss the rather amorphous concepts of ‘state sovereignty’ and ‘Globalization’ and how the notion of sovereignty has been diluted over the years by this phenomenon of globalization. To narrow down the analysis this paper will consider the dilution of sovereignty under the light of a primary force of globalization; Transnational Corporations. With the birth of the state, the concept of sovereignty originated. This included both internal and external sovereignty; however, the latter was recognized much later after the end of the ‘Thirty Years War’ and the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia. Internal Sovereignty was defined as the ability to exercise control and authority within the territorial boundaries of the state.