Deviant globalization : black market economy in the 21st century

This carefully curated selection of provocative and accessible essays helps us come to grips with the dark underside of the global economy, and sheds new light on what we can and should do about it.—Peter Andreas, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University Deviant Globalization shows the dark side of global trade, the illicit flows, black markets, and trafficking in drugs and human bodies that are as much a part of the new world (dis)order as multinational corporations and instant financial transfers. Contributors push us towards a more complete moral and political assessment of globalization and the development of better theories to account for power relations, inequalities, and collateral damage.—Craig Calhoun, President, Social Science Research Council In the shadows of the move to a globalized economy, in places its uncritical partisans would rather not look, an equally new and equally globalized set of phenomena has arisen. In this pathbreaking book, Nils Gilman, Jesse Goldhammer, and Steven Weber have gone far beyond registering the existence of ‘deviant globalization’.—Samuel Moyn, Columbia University, author of The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History People. Snakeheads and smuggling : the dynamics of illegal Chinese immigration / Patrick Radden Keefe The sex trade / Sean Flynn Global sex trafficking / Joni Seager The black market in human organs / Frederike Ambagtsheer The dark side of Dubai / Johann Hari Drugs. Smuggling made easy : landlocked Paraguay emerges as a top producer of contraband tobacco / Marina Walker Guevara, Mabel Rehnfeldt, Marcelo Soares West Africa's international drug trade / Stephen Ellis The inland empire / Nick Reding Resources. The illicit abalone trade in South Africa / Jonny Steinberg Toxic exports : despite global treaty, hazardous waste trade continues / Jennifer Clapp The stolen forests : inside the covert war on illegal logging / Raffi Khatchadourian Blood oil / Sebastian Junger New organizations. Inside the global hacker service economy / Scott Berinato Illicit money : can it be stopped? / Raymond Baker and Eva Joly Weapons for warlords : arms traficking in the Gulf of Aden / Andrew Black Future conflict : criminal insurgencies, gangs, and intelligence / John P. Sullivan Brave new war : the next stage of terrorism and the end of globalization / John Robb. From the Back Cover: Deviant Globalization argues that, far from being marginal, illicit activities are a pervasive and integral part of globalization. Examining a wide range of underground industries, this unique reader explains why understanding deviant globalization, and the moral arbitrage that fuels it, is crucial for making decisions and enacting policies that will maximize the benefits of globalization and minimize its ill effects. A collection of essays that introduces the thriving illicit industries and activities within the global economy whose growth challenges traditional notions of wealth, power, and progress. It argues that far from being marginal, illicit activities are a fundamental part of globalization.