Illicit flows and criminal things [[electronic resource] ] : states, borders, and the other side of globalization / / edited by Willem van Schendel and Itty Abraham
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| Titolo: |
Illicit flows and criminal things [[electronic resource] ] : states, borders, and the other side of globalization / / edited by Willem van Schendel and Itty Abraham
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.1/35 |
| Soggetto topico: | Transnational crime |
| State, The | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
SchendelWillem van
AbrahamItty <1960->
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Illicit flows and criminal things |
| ISBN: | 9786612072581 |
| 1-282-07258-7 | |
| 0-253-11157-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457603003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Tracking globalization.