Illicit Flows and Criminal Things

Acknowledgments Introduction: The Making of Illicitness Itty Abraham and Willem van Schendel 1. Spaces of Engagement: How Borderlands, Illicit Flows, and Territorial States Interlock Willem van Schendel 2. The Rumor of Trafficking: Border Controls, Illegal Migration, and the Sovereignty of the Nation-State Diana Wong 3. Talking Like a State: Drugs, Borders, and the Language of Control Paul Gootenberg 4. Here, Even Legislators Chew Them: Coca Leaves and Identity Politics in Northern Argentina Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui 5. Seeing the State Like a Migrant: Why So Many Non-criminals Break Immigration Laws David Kyle and Christina A. Siracusa 6. Criminality and the Global Diamond Trade: A Methodological Case Study Ian Smillie 7. Small Arms, Cattle Raiding, and Borderlands: The Ilemi Triangle Kenneth I. Simala and Maurice Amutabi Consolidated Bibliography Contributors Index

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