African arguments : Africa and the war on drugs / / Neil Carrier and Gernot Klantschnig

• Autore: Carrier Neil
• Pubblicazione: London, : Zed Books, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (135 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.45096
• Soggetto topico: Drugs of abuse - Africa - History
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Politics and government
• Altri autori: KlantschnigGernot <1977->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: African arguments
• ISBN: 1-350-21810-3; 1-84813-969-1; 1-283-64099-6; 1-84813-968-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808819703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: African arguments.