Traffick : the illicit movement of people and things / Gargi Bhattacharyya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhattacharyya, Gargi, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug traffic.

Human smuggling.

Prostitution.

Illegal arms transfers.

Organized crime.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the underbelly of globalisation -- the illicit networks of money, drugs, people and arms that make up a multi-billion dollar illegal economy. This is the dangerous world of trafficking, identified by developed countries as the major threat to international order. In their eyes, it brings unwanted and undocumented people into the hidden crevices of affluent societies; guns and drugs are exchanged for access to the global market through the backdoor. As a result, trafficking is scrutinised, vilified, outlawed, even as free trade is celebrated.Gargi Bhattacharyya argues that trafficking is the unacknowledged underside of globalisation. The official economy relies on this illegal economy. Without it, globalisation cannot access cheap labour, it cannot reach vulnerable new markets, and it cannot finance expansion into the places most ravaged by human suffering. Traffick has become the secret basis of global expansion.The book examines the workings of the illegal economy, breaking it down into four main sections: organised crime, drugs, arms and people-trafficking. Exploring how we got here, and what the future holds, the issues it raises should interest a broad range of students across the social sciences.

Contents:

How did we get here?

Underbelly of the global

Winning the cold war: the power of organised crime in the global economy

Drugs, territory and transnational networks

Nuclear holocaust or drive-by shooting? Arms in the new world economy

Circulating bodies in the global marketplace

Conclusion: violent endings and new beginnings.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213) and index.

ISBN:

9786611725426

9781849641937

1849641935

9781281725424

1281725420

9781435661387

1435661389

OCLC:

244440793