Historique
Livre
Africa and the war on drugs
Auteur(s) :
CARRIER, N. ;
KLANTSCHNIG, G.
Année :
2012
Page(s) :
176 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
London : Zed Books
ISBN :
978-1-84813-966-4
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus géographique
AFRIQUE
Thésaurus mots-clés
TRANSPORT IN CORPORE
;
TRAFIC
;
ORGANISATION CRIMINELLE
;
LUTTE
;
GUERRE
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
TYPE D'USAGE
;
DEVELOPPEMENT
;
KHAT
;
CANNABIS
;
POLITIQUE
;
ECONOMIE
;
PRODUCTION
Note de contenu :
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction
1. Africa's drug habit
2. Drugs and development: a new threat or opportunity?
3. Drug barons, traffickers and mules: Africa as "entrepôt"
4. African states and drugs: complicity, neglect and repression
Conclusion: alternatives to the drug war?
Introduction
1. Africa's drug habit
2. Drugs and development: a new threat or opportunity?
3. Drug barons, traffickers and mules: Africa as "entrepôt"
4. African states and drugs: complicity, neglect and repression
Conclusion: alternatives to the drug war?
Résumé :
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.
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.
Affiliation :
African Studies Centre, Oxford, UK
Cote :
L02005