| Description |
1 online resource (305 pages) |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Drug traffic -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century.
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Drug control -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century.
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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. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Indexed Term |
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. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Snelders, Stephen. Drug Smuggler Nation. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021 9781526151407 |
| ISBN |
9781526151384 (electronic bk.) |
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1526151383 (electronic bk.) |
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9781526151407 (electronic bk.) |
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1526151405 (electronic bk.) |
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9781526151391 (hbk.) |
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1526151391 (hbk.) |
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