Illicit flows and criminal things : states, borders, and the othe r side of globalization / edited by Willem van Schendel and Itty Abr aham. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005. - viii, 266 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Tracking globalization .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the making of illicitness / Itty Abraham and Willem v an Schendel -- Spaces of engagement : how borderlands, illicit flows, a nd territorial states interlock / Willem van Schendel -- The rumor of t rafficking : border controls, illegal migration, and the sovereignty of the nation-state / Diana Wong -- Talking like a state : drugs, borders , and the language of control / Paul Gootenberg -- "Here, even legislat ors chew them" : coca leaves and identity politics in northern Argentin a / Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui -- Seeing the state like a migrant : why s o many non-criminals break immigration laws / David Kyle and Christina A. Siracusa -- Criminality and the global diamond trade : a methodologi cal case study / Ian Smillie -- Small arms, cattle raiding, and borderl ands : the Ilemi triangle / Kenneth I. Simala and Maurice Amutabi.

025334669X (cloth : alk. paper) 025321811X (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005-010917


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