Drugs, insecurity and failed states : the problems of prohibition / Nigel Inkster and Virginia Comol...
Drugs, insecurity and failed states : the problems of prohibition / Nigel Inkster and Virginia Comol...
Drugs, insecurity and failed states : the problems of prohibition / Nigel Inkster and Virginia Comolli.
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Publisher
London : Routledge / International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2012.
Date
2012.
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N355.43006/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
163 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction. The size of the drugs trade -- The evolution of the international drugs trade. Globalisation and the rise of transnational organised crime -- Organised crime and conflict -- What's special about narcotics? -- Prohibition -- The producer states. Colombia -- Afghanistan -- Conclusion --...
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Publisher
London : Routledge / International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2012.
Series
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2012.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Drug trafficking
- Transnational crime
- Organised crime
- Law enforcement
- Decriminalisation
- Case studies
- Colombia
- Afghanistan
- Mexico
- Central America
- Africa, Western
- UN conventions
- Overseas item
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Summary
The world's wealthiest nations have expended vast blood and treasure in tracking and capturing traffickers, dealers and consumers of narcotics, as well as destroying crops and confiscating shipments. Yet the global trade in illicit drugs is thriving with no apparent change in the level of consumption despite decades of prohibition. This Adelphi arg...
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Drugs, insecurity and failed states : the problems of prohibition / Nigel Inkster and Virginia Comolli.
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Adelphi, 1944-5571 ; 428.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-162)
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N355.43006/2
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74Vv8R3kPgZl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv8R3kPgZl
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ISBN
9780415627061 (pbk.)
DDC
363.45
MMS ID
991014175269702626
