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

• Autore: Felbab-Brown Vanda
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : Brookings Institution Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.4509172; 363.4509172/4; 363.45091724
• Soggetto topico: Drug traffic - Developing countries; Drug control - Developing countries
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Shooting up
• ISBN: 1-282-40374-5; 9786612403743; 0-8157-0450-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780651103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II