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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780651103321

Autore

Felbab-Brown Vanda

Titolo

Shooting up [[electronic resource] ] : counterinsurgency and the war on drugs / / Vanda Felbab-Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Brookings Institution Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-40374-5

9786612403743

0-8157-0450-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Disciplina

363.4509172

363.4509172/4

363.45091724

Soggetti

Drug traffic - Developing countries

Drug control - Developing countries

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

Front Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Illicit Economies and Belligerents; The Political Capital Model of Illicit Economies; Peru: The Coca Path; Colombia: The Narco Wars; Afghanistan: Swimming in a Sea of Poppies; Conclusions and Policy Implications; Appendix A: Involvement of Belligerent Groups with Illicit Drugs; Appendix B: Methodology of the Study; Appendix C: Case Selection; Notes; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Shooting Up analyzes how involvement in the production and trafficking of illicit commodities, especially drugs, affects the strength of belligerents and governments. Much of U.S. anti-narcotics policy abroad is based on the assumption of symbiotic relationships between drug producers, traffickers, insurgents, and terrorists; thus, policy is organized around the premise that the suppression of drug production will service both anti-drug and counterterrorist goals. The author challenges this "narcoguerrilla" premise of U.S. policy. She shows that, far from being complementary, anti-narcotics