Illicit Flows and Criminal Things: States, Borders, and the Other Side of Globalization Contributor(s): Van Schendel, Willem (Editor), Abraham, Itty (Editor) |
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ISBN: 025321811X ISBN-13: 9780253218117 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $25.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: 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 allow us to understand how states, borders, and the language of law enforcement produce criminality, and how people and goods which are labeled "illegal" move across regulatory spaces. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Trade & Tariffs - True Crime |
Dewey: 364.135 |
LCCN: 2005010917 |
Series: Tracking Globalization |
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.14" W x 9.24" (0.91 lbs) 280 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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 allow us to understand how states, borders, and the language of law enforcement produce criminality, and how people and goods which are labeled illegal move across regulatory spaces. |