The Dual State: Parapolitics, Carl Schmitt and the National Security Complex (International and Comparative Criminal Justice)

This volume presents a practical demonstration of the relevance of Carl Schmitt's thought to parapolitical studies, arguing that his constitutional theory is the one best suited to investing the ’deep state’ with intellectual and doctrinal coherence. Critiquing Schmitt’s work from a variety of intellectual perspectives, the chapters discuss current parapolitical reality within the domain of criminology, the parapolitical nature of both the dual state and the national security state corporate complex. Using the USA as a prime example of the world’s current dual or ’deep political state’, the criminogenic dimensions of the parapolitical systems of post 9/11 America are discussed. Using case studies, the dual state is examined as the causal factor of inexplicable parapolitical events within both the developed and developing world, including Sweden, Canada, Italy, Turkey, and Africa. The concept of the parapolitical / Eric Wilson -- State-corporate globalization and the rise and demise of the new deal world order / Tom Reifer -- Capitalism, covert action and state-terrorism: toward a political economy of the dual state / Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed -- "America is addicted to oil": U.S. secret warfare and dwindling oil reserves in the context of peak oil and 9/11 / Daniele Ganser -- Researching parapolitics: replication, qualitative research, and social science methodology / David N. Gibbs -- The unusual suspects: Africa, parapolitics, and the national security state complex / Rico Carisch -- State hierarchy and governance: of shadows or equivelance in regulating global crisis / Mark Findlay -- Dual state: the case of Sweden / Ola Tunander -- Canadian stalking horse : a parallel power / David MacGregor -- A study in gray: the affaire moro and notes for a reinterpretation of the Cold War and the nature of terrorism / Guido Giacomo Preparata -- Schmitt, ergenekon, and the neocons / Len Bracken -- The spectacle and the partisan / Jeff Kinkle -- Targeting journalists and media in the new world order / Stig A. Nohrstedt and Rune Ottosen Cover 1 Contents 8 Notes on Contributors 10 Acknowledgments 14 1 The Concept of the Parapolitical 16 2 State–Corporate Globalization and the Rise and Demise of the New Deal World Order 44 3 Capitalism, Covert Action and State Terrorism: Toward a Political Economy of the Dual State 66 4 “America is Addicted to Oil” 98 5 Researching Parapolitics: Replication, Qualitative Research and Social Science Methodology 116 6 The Unusual Suspects: Africa, Parapolitics and the National Security State Complex 132 7 State Hierarchy and Governance: Of Shadows or Equivalence in Regulating Global Crisis 168 8 Dual State: The Case of Sweden 186 9 Canadian Stalking Horse: “A Parallel Power” 208 10 A Study in Gray 228 11 Schmitt, Ergenekon and the Neocons 288 12 The Spectacle and the Partisan 312 13 Targeting Journalists and Media in the New World Order 330 Afterword: Dual Schmitt, Deep Schmitt 352 Index 360 This volume presents a practical demonstration of the relevance of Carl Schmitt's thought to parapolitical studies, arguing that his constitutional theory is the one best suited to investing the 'deep state' with intellectual and doctrinal coherence. At the same time, the book also doubles as a thoroughgoing critique of Schmitt's intellectual legacy from a parapolitical perspective; namely, that the pluralistic, heterogeneous, and fragmentary nature of the parapolitical national security complex operates to subvert the total and monist notion of the State and of sovereignty that are central to This book contains a demonstration of the relevance of Carl Schmitt's thought to parapolitical studies, arguing that his constitutional theory is the one best suited to investing the 'deep state' with intellectual and doctrinal coherence. It examines the dual state as the causal factor of inexplicable parapolitical events within the developed and developing world.