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Latin America and the Multinational Drug Trade
. Ed(S): Joyce, Elizabeth; Malamud, Carlos
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Paperback. Editor(s): Joyce, Elizabeth; Malamud, Carlos. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
In some Latin American countries, traffickers equipped with vast resources have corrupted individuals in every aspect of public life, compromising the integrity of entire national institutions - the political system and the judiciary, the military, the police, and banking and financial systems. Moreover, Latin America, like Europe and the USA, has a drug consumption problem. Yet, drug control in Latin America is beset with contradictions. For some Latin Americans, illicit drug production in the form of coca cultivation is a traditional way of life, and has often been an economic bulwark against destitution. Attempts to control the drug trade, while ... Read more
In some Latin American countries, traffickers equipped with vast resources have corrupted individuals in every aspect of public life, compromising the integrity of entire national institutions - the political system and the judiciary, the military, the police, and banking and financial systems. Moreover, Latin America, like Europe and the USA, has a drug consumption problem. Yet, drug control in Latin America is beset with contradictions. For some Latin Americans, illicit drug production in the form of coca cultivation is a traditional way of life, and has often been an economic bulwark against destitution. Attempts to control the drug trade, while ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Series
Studies of the Americas
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349260492
SKU
V9781349260492
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Ref
99-15
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