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Illicit Flows and Criminal Things: States, Borders, and the Other Side of Globalization

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Description for Illicit Flows and Criminal Things: States, Borders, and the Other Side of Globalization Paperback. Examines the "dark side" of globalization. Editor(s): Schendel, Willem van; Abraham, Itty. Series: Tracking Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 b&w photos, 6 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: JHMC; JKV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.

Illicit Flows and Criminal Things offers a new perspective on illegal transnational linkages, international relations, and the transnational. The contributors argue for a nuanced approach that recognizes the difference between "organized" crime and the thousands of illicit acts that take place across national borders every day. They distinguish between the illegal (prohibited by law) and the illicit (socially perceived as unacceptable), which are historically changeable and contested. Detailed case studies of arms smuggling, illegal transnational migration, the global diamond trade, borderland practices, and the transnational consumption of drugs take us to Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and North America. They ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Tracking Globalization
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253218117
SKU
V9780253218117
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Ref
99-1

About Schendel
Willem van Schendel is Professor of Modern Asian History at the University of Amsterdam and head of the Asia Department of the International Institute of Social History. His publications include The Bengal Borderland: Beyond State and Nation in South Asia. Itty Abraham is Director of the South Asia Institute and Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studies at the ... Read more

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