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Book SynopsisTo penetrate the United States and Britain''s markets with illicit drugs, Jamaican traffickers employed diverse and novel transportation methods and techniques in the post-1990 era that were more sophisticated than the trafficking of the 1980''s. This transformation was particularly due to traffickers exploiting global processes to enhance their illegal drug industry. In response, Jamaica, America, and Britain have continuously established state-oriented actions aimed at curtailing the cross-border drug trade, thereby reflecting their resilience in combating this problem. This book explores past and present drug trafficking within the context of globalisation and examines state instituted responses to curb this problem. It demystifies the Jamaican, British, and American states'' roles in the face of global security threats, such as drug trafficking, arguing that both developed and developing states pursue their national interests and maximize their goals through the exercise of state-p
Trade ReviewThis is a thought-provoking and important study of the effects of economic globalisation on the drug trafficking challenges facing Jamaica. It deserves to be widely read for the light it sheds on the complex and sometimes ambiguous effects of globalisation on political stability and governance in developing countries. -- Mats Berdal, Professor of International Relations, King's College London
To anyone interested in the security challenges facing Small Island Developing States, this book by Dr. Suzette Haughton is obligatory reading. She focuses on the Jamaica case and identifies the processes that facilitated Jamaica's entry and increased market share of the illicit drug-trade. This book is a useful and timely addition to the literature on the impact of globalization on crime. -- Dr. Anthony Harriott, Professor of Criminology, Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice and Security, The University of the West Indies
…Required reading for policy-makers, scholars and students in political sociology, international relations and criminology seeking to understand how the drug trade become so profitable, why it remains so resilient and why current policies have had only a limited effect in reducing the flow of drugs through the island. -- Dr. Benjamin Bowling, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, King's College London, School of Law
Table of ContentsPart 1 Acronyms Part 2 Preface Chapter 3 Introduction: Globalisation and Jamaica's Drug Trafficking Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Globalisation and State Sovereignty: The Literature Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Drug Control and the Emergence of Jamaica's Drug Trafficking Problem Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Jamaica's Drug Trafficking: The Other Influencing Factors Chapter 7 Chapter 4: Jamaica's Drug Trafficking: The Facilitating Factors Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Jamaica's Responses to its Drug Trafficking Problem Chapter 9 Chapter 6: The USA and Britain's Responses to Jamaica's Drug Trafficking Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Conclusion: Past, Current and Future Direction Part 11 Bibliography Part 12 Index
