H. Richard Friman is associate professor of political science at Marquette University. Peter Andreas is academy scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

• 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.

H. Richard Friman is associate professor of political science at Marquette University. Peter Andreas is academy scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

• 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.

H. Richard Friman is associate professor of political science at Marquette University. Peter Andreas is academy scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

• 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.