The Illicit Global Economy and State Power
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Book Description
Illicit cross-border flows, such as the smuggling of drugs, migrants, weapons, toxic waste, and dirty money, are proliferating on a global scale. This underexplored, clandestine side of globalization has emerged as an increasingly important source of conflict and cooperation among nation-states, state agents, nonstate actors, and international organizations. Contrary to scholars and policymakers who claim a general erosion of state power in the face of globalization, this pathbreaking volume of original essays explores the selective nature of the state's retreat, persistence, and reassertion in relation to the illicit global economy. It fills a gap in the international political economy literature and offers a new and powerful lens through which to examine core issues of concern to international relations scholars: the changing nature of states and markets, the impact of globalization across place and issue areas, and the sources of cooperation and conflict.
About the Author
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.
The Illicit Global Economy and State Power,H. Richard Friman,Peter Andreas,Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,084769304X,Economic Conditions,International - Economics,International Relations - General,International economic relatio,International economic relations,Organized crime,Political Science,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Public Policy - Economic Policy,Transnational crime
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