Traffick

The Illicit Movement of People and Things

Gargi Bhattacharyya

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English

Pluto Press UK
20 June 2005

Globalization; Politics & government; International trade; Economic systems & structures

This book explores the underbelly of globalisation - the illicit networks of money, drugs, people and arms that make up a multi-billion dollar illegal economy.

This is the dangerous world of trafficking, identified by developed countries as the major threat to international order. In their eyes, it brings unwanted and undocumented people into the hidden crevices of affluent societies; guns and drugs are exchanged for access to the global market through the backdoor. As a result, trafficking is scrutinised, vilified, outlawed, even as free trade is celebrated.

Gargi Bhattacharyya argues that trafficking is the unacknowledged underside of globalisation. The official economy relies on this illegal economy. Without it, globalisation cannot access cheap labour, it cannot reach vulnerable new markets, and it cannot finance expansion into the places most ravaged by human suffering. Traffick has become the secret basis of global expansion.

By: Gargi Bhattacharyya
Imprint: Pluto Press UK
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 355g
ISBN: 9780745320472
ISBN 10: 0745320473
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 20 June 2005
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Gargi Bhattacharyya is lecturer in Cultural Politics and Religion at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of Race and Power: Global Racisms in the Twenty -first Century with John Gabriel and Stephen Small (Routledge, 2001) Sex and Society (Routledge, 2002), and Tales of Dark-Skinned Women (UCL, 1998).

Reviews for Traffick: The Illicit Movement of People and Things

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