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PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

ISBN-101442247584

ISBN-139781442247581

eBay Product ID (ePID)219391185

Product Key Features

Number of Pages236 Pages

Publication NameDrug Trafficking and International Security

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGlobalization, Intelligence & Espionage, Security (National & International), Criminology

Publication Year2016

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science

AuthorPaul Rexton Kan

SeriesPeace and Security in the 21st Century Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight12.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2016-011963

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsFocusing on the convoluted but powerful intersection between drug trafficking and international security, Paul Kan emphasizes the changed nature of security and elucidates the role of drug trafficking in creating insecurity and disorder. Informative, perceptive, and far-reaching, this volume is not for the faint-hearted: it will greatly appeal to some and irritate and provoke others. Is drug trafficking no more than a hyped up threat or is it a genuine and enduring security challenge? Read this book and decide for yourself., An intellectual tour de force related to drug trafficking as a prominent feature of deviant globalization and durable disorder and its analysis of the international implications of the new 'drug-security' nexus that has emerged. The work exposes the inadequacy of traditionalist perceptions related to the state-centric security environment in an age when the number of narco and fragile states are ever growing and violent non-state actors and organized crime groups are ascendant., Kan surveys the threats that drug trafficking poses to international security. Individual chapters show how drug trafficking creates narco-states, undermines fragile states, abets intrastate conflict, facilitates the spread of transnational criminal organizations, and harms global health. Chiding the international relations discipline for sidelining the study of 'deviant globalization' and ignoring the non-state actors that participate in drug trafficking, Kan adopts an interdisciplinary perspective focusing on flows across borders and limits to state sovereignty. The book summarizes a range of insights from the literature on the drug trade, such as the unintended consequences of prohibition, differences between narco-states, and impediments to interstate cooperation. In the concluding chapter, Kan lists a number of questions for future scholarly research and advises policy makers to focus on managing and mitigating drug trafficking and related security problems rather than trying to eliminate them.... This accessible book will appeal to those seeking a broad overview of the global implications of drug trafficking.Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals., An intellectual tour de force related to drug trafficking as a prominent feature of deviant globalization and durable disorder and its analysis of the international implications of the new 'drug-security' nexus that has emerged. The work exposes the inadequacy of traditionalist perceptions related to the state centric security environment in an age when the number of narco and fragile states are ever growing and violent non-state actors and organized crime groups are ascendant., Kan surveys the threats that drug trafficking poses to international security. Individual chapters show how drug trafficking creates narco-states, undermines fragile states, abets intrastate conflict, facilitates the spread of transnational criminal organizations, and harms global health. Chiding the international relations discipline for sidelining the study of 'deviant globalization' and ignoring the non-state actors that participate in drug trafficking, Kan adopts an interdisciplinary perspective focusing on flows across borders and limits to state sovereignty. The book summarizes a range of insights from the literature on the drug trade, such as the unintended consequences of prohibition, differences between narco-states, and impediments to interstate cooperation. In the concluding chapter, Kan lists a number of questions for future scholarly research and advises policy makers to focus on managing and mitigating drug trafficking and related security problems rather than trying to eliminate them.... This accessible book will appeal to those seeking a broad overview of the global implications of drug trafficking. Summing Up:Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.

Grade FromCollege Freshman

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal363.45

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Table Of ContentPreface Chapter One: The Scope and Scale of the Issue Chapter Two: Patterns of International Drug Trafficking Chapter Three: Narco-States Chapter Four: Fragile States Chapter Five: Intrastate Conflict and Terrorism Chapter Six: Transnational Organized Crime Chapter Seven: Human Security and Global Health Chapter Eight: Cyberspace and Cybersecurity Chapter Nine: Ways Forward

SynopsisGlobal drug trafficking intersects with a vast array of international security issues ranging from war and terrorism to migration and state stability. More than just another item on the international security agenda, drug trafficking in fact exacerbates threats to national and international security. In this light, the book argues that global drug trafficking should not be treated as one international security issue among many. Rather, due to the unique nature of the trade, illegal drugs have made key threats to national and international security more complex, durable, and acute. Each chapter examines how drug trafficking affects a particular security issue, such as rogue nations, weak and failing states, protracted intrastate conflicts, terrorism, transnational crime, public health, and cyber security. While some texts see drug trafficking as an international threat in itself, others place it under the topic of transnational organized crime, arguing that the threats emanate from criminal groups. This book, on the other hand, provides a thorough understanding of how a vast array of threats to international security are exacerbated by drug trafficking., Each chapter examines how drug trafficking affects a certain security issue, such as rogue nations, weak and failing states, protracted intrastate conflicts, terrorism, transnational crime, public health, and cyber security. This book provides an understanding of how an array of threats to international security are exacerbated by drug trafficking.

LC Classification NumberHV5801.K26 2016