The Illicit Global Economy and State Power

by Friman, Richard H.; Andreas, Peter; Andreas, Peter; Clapp, Jennifer; Friman, H Richard; Helleiner, Eric; Shelley, Prof. Louise; Walker III, William O.

• ISBN13: 9780847693030
• ISBN10: 0847693031
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-18
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Illicit cross-border flows, such as the smuggling of drugs, migrants, weapons, toxic waste, and dirty money, are proliferating on a global scale. This underexplored, clandestine side of globalization has emerged as an increasingly important source of conflict and cooperation among nation-states, state agents, nonstate actors, and international organizations. Contrary to scholars and policymakers who claim a general erosion of state power in the face of globalization, this pathbreaking volume of original essays explores the selective nature of the state's retreat, persistence, and reassertion in relation to the illicit global economy.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction: International Relations and the Illicit Global Economy	1
H. Richard Friman
Peter
Transnational Organized Crime: The New Authoritarianism	25	(28)
Louise I. Shelley
State Power and the Regulation of Illicit Activity in Global Finance	53	(38)
Eric Helleiner
The Illicit Trade in Hazardous Wastes and Cfcs: International Responses to Environmental ``Bads''	91	(52)
Jennifer Clapp
When Policies Collide: Market Reform, Market Prohibition, and the Narcotization of the Mexican Economy	125
Peter
The Limits of Coercive Diplomacy: U.S. Drug Policy and Colombian State Stability, 1978-1997	143	(30)
William O. Walker III
Obstructing Markets: Organized Crime Networks and Drug Control in Japan	173	(26)
H. Richard Friman
Index	199	(10)
About the Contributors	209