Illicit Global Economy and State Power

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Illicit cross-border flows, such as the smuggling of drugs, migrants, weapons, toxic waste, and dirty money, are proliferating on a global scale. This underexplored, clandestine side of globalization has emerged as an increasingly important source of conflict and cooperation among nation-states, state agents, nonstate actors, and international organizations. Contrary to scholars and policymakers who claim a general erosion of state power in the face of globalization, this pathbreaking volume of original essays explores the selective nature of the stateOs retreat, persistence, and reassertion in relation to the illicit global economy. It fills a gap in the international political economy literature and offers a new and powerful lens through which to examine core issues of concern to international relations scholars: the changing nature of states and markets, the impact of globalization across place and issue areas, and the sources of cooperation and conflict.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1999-02-18
Mått143 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt327 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780847693047

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Chapter 1 Introduction: International Relations and the Illicit Global EconomyChapter 2 Transnational Organized Crime: The New AuthoritarianismChapter 3 State Power and the Regulation of Illicit Activity in Global FinanceChapter 4 The Illicit Trade in Hazardous Waste and CFCs: International Responses to Environmental BadsChapter 5 When Policies Collide: Market Reform, Market Prohibition, and the Narcotization of the Mexican EconomyChapter 6 The Limits of Coercive Diplomacy: U.S. Drug Policy and Colombian State StabilityChapter 7 Obstructing Markets: Organized Crime Networks and Drug Control in Japan

This is an important and path-breaking book. It fills a gap in the international political economy literature and is essential reading for all those interested in the security implications of illicit commodity flows and in the future of state power. In addition, criminologists who want to come to terms with the transnational nature of contemporary organized crime and various forms of illicit trafficking will find this book invaluable. The editors have not only brought together an excellent group of contributors but their own contributions are outstanding. This book crosses traditional and outmoded boundaries in international studies in a way that few others do and is a must read.