02952nam 2200661Ia 450 991080881970332120200520144314.01-350-21810-31-84813-969-11-283-64099-61-84813-968-310.5040/9781350218109(CKB)2670000000270463(EBL)4708453(SSID)ssj0000775402(PQKBManifestationID)12325920(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000775402(PQKBWorkID)10735645(PQKB)11581528(MiAaPQ)EBC1042706(Au-PeEL)EBL1042706(CaPaEBR)ebr10610263(CaONFJC)MIL395349(OCoLC)813928954(OCoLC)1241539849(CaBNVSL)9781350218109(EXLCZ)99267000000027046320111102d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican arguments Africa and the war on drugs /Neil Carrier and Gernot Klantschnig1st ed.London Zed Books20121 online resource (135 p.)African argumentsDescription based upon print version of record.9781848139664 1848139675 Includes bibliographical references and index.Africa's drug habit -- Drugs and development : a new threat or opportunity? -- Drug barons, traffickers and mules : Africa as entrepôt -- African states and drugs : complexity, neglect and repression.Nigerian drug lords in UK prisons, khat-chewing Somali pirates hijacking Western ships, crystal meth-smoking gangs controlling South Africa's streets, and narco-traffickers corrupting the state in Guinea-Bissau: these are some of the vivid images surrounding drugs in Africa which have alarmed policymakers, academics and the general public in recent years. In this revealing and original book, the authors weave these aspects into a provocative argument about Africa's role in the global trade and control of drugs. In doing so, they show how foreign-inspired policies have failed to help African drug users but have strengthened the role of corrupt and brutal law enforcement officers, who are tasked with halting the export of heroin and cocaine to European and American consumer markets. A vital book on an overlooked front of the so-called war on drugs.African arguments.Drugs of abuseAfricaHistoryAfricaPolitics and governmentDrugs of abuseHistory.363.45096Carrier Neil916119Klantschnig Gernot1977-1764837MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808819703321African arguments4206026UNINA