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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812726303321

Autore

Fukumi Sayaka <1973->

Titolo

Cocaine trafficking in Latin America : EU and US policy responses / / by Sayaka Fukumi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hants, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2008

ISBN

1-315-57248-6

1-317-16489-X

1-317-16488-1

1-281-23851-1

9786611238513

0-7546-8974-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

Global security in a changing world

Disciplina

363.45098

Soggetti

Drug control - European Union countries

Drug control - United States

Transnational crime - Government policy - European Union countries

Transnational crime - Government policy - United States

National security - European Union countries

National security - United States

Cocaine industry - Latin America

Drug traffic - Latin America

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 (p. [226]-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Securitisation and drug control policy : theoretical frameworks -- The "securitisation" of cocaine trafficking in the European Union -- The "securitisation" of cocaine trafficking in the United States -- EU drug control policy towards the Andes -- US drug control policy towards the Andes -- Plan Colombia : an attempt at multinational co-operation -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The European Union and the United States have identified Latin American cocaine trafficking as a security threat, but their policy responses to it have differed. This book examines the ways in which the EU and the US have conceptualized this threat.