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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457603003321

Titolo

Illicit flows and criminal things [[electronic resource] ] : states, borders, and the other side of globalization / / edited by Willem van Schendel and Itty Abraham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005

ISBN

9786612072581

1-282-07258-7

0-253-11157-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Tracking globalization

Altri autori (Persone)

SchendelWillem van

AbrahamItty <1960->

Disciplina

364.1/35

Soggetti

Transnational crime

State, The

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the making of illicitness / Itty Abraham and Willem van Schendel -- Spaces of engagement : how borderlands, illicit flows, and territorial states interlock / Willem van Schendel -- The rumor of trafficking : border controls, illegal migration, and the sovereignty of the nation-state / Diana Wong -- Talking like a state : drugs, borders, and the language of control / Paul Gootenberg -- "Here, even legislators chew them" : coca leaves and identity politics in northern Argentina / Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui -- Seeing the state like a migrant : why so many non-criminals break immigration laws / David Kyle and Christina A. Siracusa -- Criminality and the global diamond trade : a methodological case study / Ian Smillie -- Small arms, cattle raiding, and borderlands : the Ilemi triangle / Kenneth I. Simala and Maurice Amutabi.

Sommario/riassunto

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 s