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Drugging babylon: the illegal narcotics trade and nation-building in Iraq / Kan, Paul Rexton

Kan, Paul Rexton	Journal Article
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2007.

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The illicit global economy is known to fuel numerous conflicts. Yet, the pernicious influence of the drug trade can be felt in many enduring conflicts of the early twenty-first century. This is the case in Iraq where organized crime syndicates, insurgent groups and sectarian militias are creating an incipient narcotized conflict. Without managing this dimension of the war, attempts to curtail violence in the country are very likely to fail.

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Drugs trafficking ; Illegal Narcotics Trade ; Nation-Building in Iraq

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Governance and prison gangs / Skarbek, David

Skarbek, David	Journal Article
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2011.

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How can people who lack access to effective government institutions establish property rights and facilitate exchange? The illegal narcotics trade in Los Angeles has flourished despite its inability to rely on state-based formal institutions of governance. An alternative system of governance has emerged from an unexpected source-behind bars. The Mexican Mafia prison gang can extort drug dealers on the street because they wield substantial control over inmates in the county jail system and because drug dealers anticipate future incarceration. The gang's ability to extract resources creates incentives for them to provide governance institutions that mitigate market failures among Hispanic drug-dealing street gangs, including enforcing deals, protecting property rights, and adjudicating disputes. Evidence collected from federal indictments and other legal documents related to the Mexican Mafia prison gang and numerous street gangs supports this claim.

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Mexico ; Governance ; Illegal Narcotics Trade ; Los Angeles ; Prison Gangs

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