Description |
1 online resource (305 pages) |
Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: The drug regulatory regime vs. criminal anarchy -- 2 The interwar period -- 3 Global perils I: Chinese and Greek drug smugglers -- 4 Cannabis, counterculture, and criminals: The rise of cannabis smuggling -- 5 Global perils II: Chinese triads, Turkish families, and heroin -- 6 The expansion of the cannabis trade after 1976 -- 7 Global perils III: Colombian syndicates and cocaine -- 8 The floodgates of criminal anarchy: Synthetic drugs and subverting the state -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix: Graphs of arrests and seizures -- Bibliography -- Index |
Summary |
Drug smuggler nation shows how and why the Netherlands developed in the course of the twentieth century into a central hub of the international illegal drug trade, and develops a model of a 'criminal anarchy' that is historically, socially, and culturally embedded in Dutch society, in both native and migrant communities, to explain the failures of the state's regulatory policies and law enforcement |
Analysis |
XTC |
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amphetamines |
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cannabis |
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cocaine |
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drug trafficking |
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drugs |
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heroin |
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opium |
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organized crime |
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smuggling |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Drug traffic -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century
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Drug control -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century
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Electronic books.
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e-books.
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HISTORY / Europe / Western.
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Drug control
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Drug traffic
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Netherlands
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781526151384 |
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1526151383 |
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9781526151407 |
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1526151405 |
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