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The Political Economy of Drugs in the Caribbean

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Ivelaw L. Griffith

    1. Florida International University, Miami, USA

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction: Drugs and Political Economy

    1. Introduction: Drugs and Political Economy

      • Ivelaw L. Griffith
      Pages 1-7

  3. Regional and International Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Drugs and Political Economy in a Global Village

      • Ivelaw L. Griffith
      Pages 11-28

    3. The Globalization of Finance: Role and Status of the Caribbean

      • Hilbourne A. Watson
      Pages 29-57

    4. Drugs, Debt and Structural Adjustment in the Caribbean

      • Richard L. Bernal, Winsome J. Leslie, Stephen E. Lamar
      Pages 58-80

    5. Ethnicity, the Nation-state and Drug-related Crime in the Emerging New World Order

      • John F. Stack Jr.
      Pages 81-94

  5. Coping Strategies and Countermeasures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Drug Prevention and Rehabilitation in the Caribbean

      • Sonita Morin Abrahams
      Pages 203-217

    3. Fighting the Dragon: the Anti-drug Strategy in Central America

      • Gabriel Aguilera Peralta
      Pages 218-229

    4. Multilateral Narcotics Interdiction Measures in the Caribbean

      • Captain Richard R. Beardsworth
      Pages 230-245

    5. Regional and Global Action to Combat Drugs in the Caribbean

      • Tim Wren
      Pages 246-264

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 265-273
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About this book

This volume does four things. Firstly it examines the nexus between the illegal narcotics enterprise as a social phenomenon and political economy as a scholarly issue area. Secondly it explores the regional and global contexts of the political economy of illegal narcotics operations in the Caribbean. Thirdly it assesses some of the political economy connections and consequences of the enterprise in the region. Finally, it discusses some of the measures adopted to contend with the illegal drug challenge in the area.

Reviews

'a major contribution to the public discourse, both academic and non-academic, on the illegal drug trade, its world-wide ramifications, and related international development issues...the range of topics covered and the in-depth analysis of the various issues addressed therein, make this book a must not only for academics interested in these matters but most certainly for policy makers and all those engaged in the fight against illegal drugs.' - Sir Neville Nicholls, President, Caribbean Development bank, Barbados

An excellent discussion is provided about the inherent tensions and conflict in the US-Caribbean drug connection. ...The book provides an excellent overview of the problems, the political consequences, and ongoing efforts to attack the problem. Necessarily, the problems and strategies are dynamic.' - Bruce Zagaris, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP

Editors and Affiliations

  • Florida International University, Miami, USA

    Ivelaw L. Griffith

About the editor

SONITA MORIN ABRAHAMS Executive Director of Addiction Alert Organization, Jamaica GABRIEL AGUILERA PERALTA Vice Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guatemala CAPTAIN RICHARD R. BEARDSWORTH Chief of Law Enforcement, Seventh District of the Untied States Coast Guard, Miami, Florida RICHARD L. BERNAL Jamaica's Ambassador to the U.S. GARY BRANA-SHUTE Former Professor of Caribbean and Central American Studies, Foreign Service Institute and Professor of Anthropology at George Washington University CLIFFORD E. GRIFFIN Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Graduate Program in International Studies, North Carolina State University STEPHEN E. LAMAR Director of Government Relations, American Apparel Manufacturers Association WINSOME J. LESLIE Economic Attache at the Jamaican Embassy in Washington TREVOR MUNROE Professor of Government and Politics, University of the West Indies, Jamaica ORLANDO PEREZ Assistant Professor of Political Science, Central Michigan University JORGE RODRIGUEZ BERUFF Professor of Political Science, University of Puerto Rico JOHN F. STACK JR. Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Public Policy HILBOURNE A. WATSON Professor of International Relations, Bucknell University TIM WREN formerly Executive Director of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force

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