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Author: Florian Weigand
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781789905199
ISBN 10: 1789905192
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 23 June 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'Conflict and Transnational Crime is a cogent and compelling study of both the connections and disconnections between crime and conflict in Southeast Asia. It forcefully carves through the standard rhetoric of 'narco-terrorists' and 'militia-mafias' to offer a vital dissection of state involvement in illicit markets. In doing so, it laudably manages to instigate conclusions with global implications while remaining firmly tethered to its regional context.' -- Alessandro Ford, LSE Review of Books 'An engaging and readable account of how state actors, armed militias and criminal groups operate in concert to control the political economy of trafficking, extortion and illicit markets that underpins much of the conflict violence in the borderlands of in Southeast Asia.' -- Keith Krause, Graduate Institute, Switzerland 'This book provides a rare inside look at the links between armed conflict and transnational crime in the borderlands of Southeast Asia. Moving at a thrilling pace from Thailand to Myanmar and the Philippines, it challenges received wisdom on how conflict and crime are linked, in particular by putting emphasis on the role of state actors in smuggling networks. Well researched and engagingly written, it will prove an excellent resource for a wide range of readers interested in smuggling, conflict and borders.' -- Ruben Andersson, University of Oxford, UK 'Digging beneath sensationalistic headlines and simple catch-phrases such as the crime-conflict nexus, ungoverned spaces, and conflict commodities, Florian Weigand has given us a timely, nuanced, and sophisticated account of the complex relationship between illicit trade and conflict in contemporary Southeast Asia. The book will be of great interest well beyond regional specialists.' -- Peter Andreas, Brown University, US
'Digging beneath sensationalistic headlines and simple catch-phrases such as the crime-conflict nexus, ungoverned spaces, and conflict commodities, Florian Weigand has given us a timely, nuanced, and sophisticated account of the complex relationship between illicit trade and conflict in contemporary Southeast Asia. The book will be of great interest well beyond regional specialists.' -- Peter Andreas, Brown University, US
Author Information
Florian Weigand, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
