Klein,Axel (Editor), Day,Marcus (Editor), and Harriott,Anthony (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
London: Zed Books
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
255 p., In recent years Caribbean countries have responded to US pressure by adopting a coordinated policy of criminalizing ganja and crack cocaine usage. This volume assesses the impact of the policy on a population for whom drug usage has been socially acceptable and provides a warning for policy makers elsewhere.
Argues that a global system of uneven capitalist development has given rise to a crisis of the underclass, which is international in scope. The entrenchment of a lumpenproletariat alienated for legitimate and socially responsible forms of employment, empowerment, and self-identity has made a sizeable population vulnerable to being recruited into the ranks of the underground drug economy.
Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
4 p., The growing violence and instability in Mexico and the Caribbean will clearly demand greater attention from the United States in the future. This conference, held at the University of Pittsburgh campus on October 28-30, 2009 offered an important opportunity to assess these threats, and to consider what can be done to counter them. Includes chapter "Perspectives on the Caribbean."
