Deviant Globalization

Black Market Economy in the 21st Century

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvNils Gilman,Jesse Goldhammer,Steven Weber

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This collection of essays introduces the thriving illicit industries and activities within the global economy whose growth challenges traditional notions of wealth, power, and progress. Through essays contributed by leading experts and scholars, "Deviant Globalization" argues that far from being marginal, illicit activities are a fundamental part of globalization. Narcotrafficking, human trafficking, the organ trade, computer malware, transnational gangs are just as much artifacts of globalization as are CNN and McDonald's, free trade and capital mobility, accessible air travel and container shipping. In fact, almost every technology, process, and regulation that enables mainstream globalization is an enabler of deviant globalization. This unique book explains why understanding deviant globalization as a systemic and integral part of globalization is crucial for setting up policies that will maximize the benefits of globalization and minimize its ill effects. Going beyond the usual pro/con arguments about globalization, "Deviant Globalization" seeks to initiate a critical debate about the choices it presents to governments, firms, supra-national organizations, and individuals.An accessible treatment of the underbelly of globalization, the book offers a systematic treatment of the difficult policy choices that it creates and describes a much more complex and symbiotic relationship between illicit and mainstream globalization.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-03-24
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt498 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagContinuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN9781441178107

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Jesse Goldhammer is Senior Practitioner at Monitor 360 a San Francisco based group that helps organizations make sense of complex geo-strategic issues. Steven Weber is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley, USA. He is also an associate with the International Computer Science Institute and affiliated faculty of the Energy and Resources Group. Nils Gilman is Senior Practitioner at Monitor 360, a San Francisco based group that helps organizations make sense of complex geo-strategic issues.

Introduction; Section I. People; 1. Snakeheads and Smuggling: The Dynamics of Illegal Chinese Immigration - Patrick Radden Keefe; 2. The Sex Trade - Sean Flynn; 3. Global Sex Trafficking - Joni Seager; 4. The black market in human organs - Frederike Ambatsgeer; 5. The Dark Side of Dubai - Johann Hari; Section II. Drugs; 6. Smuggling Made Easy: Landlocked Paraguay Emerges as a Top Producer of Contraband Tobacco - Marina Walker Guevara, Mabel Rehnfeldt, Marcelo Soares; 7. West Africa's International Drug Trade - Stephen Ellis; 8. The Inland Empire - Nick Reding; Section III. Resources; 9. The illicit abalone trade in South Africa - Jonny Steinberg; 10. Toxic Exports: Despite Global Treaty, Hazardous Waste Trade Continues - Jennifer Clapp; 11. The Stolen Forests: Inside the Covert War on Illegal Logging - Raffi Khatchadourian; 12. Blood Oil - Sebastian Junger; Section IV New Organizations; 13. Inside the Global Hacker Service Economy - Scott Berinato; 14. Illicit Money: Can It Be Stopped? - Raymond Baker & Eva Joly; 15. Weapons for Warlords: Arms Trafficking in the Gulf of Aden - Andrew Black; 16. Future Conflict: Criminal Insurgencies, Gangs and Intelligence - John P. Sullivan; 17. Excerpts from Brave new war: the next stage of terrorism and the end of globalization - John Robb; Conclusion; Bibliography.