Global Outlaws: Crime, Money, and Power in the Contemporary World (California Series in Public Anthropology) PDF
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UC_Nordstrom.qxd 2/7/07 1:41 PM Page i GLOBAL OUTLAWS UC_Nordstrom.qxd 2/7/07 1:41 PM Page ii CALIFORNIA SERIES IN PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY The California Series in Public Anthropology emphasizes the anthropologist’s role as an engaged intellectual. It continues anthropology’s commitment to being an ethnographic witness, to describing, in human terms, how life is lived beyond the borders of many readers’experiences. But it also adds a commitment, through ethnography, to reframing the terms of public debate—transforming received, accepted understandings of social issues with new insights, new framings. Series Editor: Robert Borofsky (Hawaii Pacific University) Contributing Editors: Philippe Bourgois (UC San Francisco), Paul Farmer (Partners in Health), Rayna Rapp (New York University), and Nancy Scheper-Hughes (UC Berkeley) University of California Press Editor: Naomi Schneider UC_Nordstrom.qxd 2/7/07 1:41 PM Page iii GLOBAL OUTLAWS CRIME, MONEY, AND POWER IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD CAROLYN NORDSTROM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY LOS ANGELES LONDON UC_Nordstrom.qxd 2/7/07 1:41 PM Page iv University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2007 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nordstrom, Carolyn, 1953–. Global outlaws : crime, money, and power in the contemporary world / Carolyn Nordstrom. p. cm. —(California series in public anthropology ; 16) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13 : 978–0-520–25095–6 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn -10: 0–520–25095–8 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn- 13: 978–0-520–25096–3 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn -10: 0–520–25096–6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Transnational crime. 2. Organized crime. 3. Smuggling. 4. International economic relations. I. Title. hv6252.n6 7 2007 364.1'35—dc22 2006017929 Manufactured in the United States of America 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on Natures Book, which contains 50% post-consumer ansi/niso z waste and meets the minimum requirements of 39.48–1992 r ( 1997) (Permanence of Paper). UC_Nordstrom.qxd 2/7/07 1:41 PM Page v To the War Orphan UC_Nordstrom.qxd 2/7/07 1:41 PM Page vi UC_Nordstrom.qxd 2/7/07 1:41 PM Page vii CONTENTS xi Acknowledgments xv Preface NATIONAL 3 1. The War Orphan 11 2. The Bombed-Out Shop 19 3. Coconuts and Cigarettes: Some Definitions 27 4. The Gov’nor’s Red Tractors 37 5. Military Takeovers (Or, How to Own a Country) 47 6. The Untold Story of the Amputees 57 7. Robber Barons INTERNATIONAL 8. The Border Post—a Billion-Dollar Truck Stop 71 (Going International) 83 9. Romancing the Stone: Borders and Businesspeople 93 10. The Washing Machine: Laundering, Part One GLOBAL 105 11. Diamonds and Fish: Going Global 115 12. Ports 129 13. Drugs 139 14. The Cultures of Criminals UC_Nordstrom.qxd 2/7/07 1:41 PM Page viii viii CONTENTS 149 15. The Cultures of Cops 157 16. The World-Port 167 17. The Investment Machine: Laundering, Part Two 181 18. Human Cargo HOME 191 19. Post-Terror: Creating (the Illusion of) Security 205 20. Conclusion 211 Notes 221 References 225 Index UC_Nordstrom.qxd 2/7/07 1:41 PM Page ix GLOBAL OUTLAWS
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