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Africa and the war on drugs /
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 p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Zed Books in association with African Institute, Royal African Society, World Peace Foundation.,
©2012.
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| Colección: | African arguments.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848139671 1848139675 1848139683 9781848139688 6613953490 9786613953490 1283640996 9781283640992 9781848139695 1848139691 9781350218109 1350218103 |