Smugglers and States - Negotiating the Maghreb At Its Margins

Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the borderlands of Tunisia and Morocco, Max Gallien explains why states have long tolerated illegal trade across their borders and develops new ways to understand the political economy of smuggling.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
List of Abbreviations
1. On the Radar
2. Smuggling in North Africa: Stakes and Structures
3. Regulating Smuggling at the Border
4. Regulating Smuggling in the Borderlands
5. Smuggling Rents and Social Peace
6. Tunisia: Smugglers and Revolution
7. Morocco: Smugglers and Reform
8. The Valley and the Mountain: Lived Political Settlements
Conclusion: Remaking the Maghreb
Appendix 1: Studying Smuggling in North Africa
Appendix 2: Interview Lists
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Max Gallien is a research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies and the International Centre for Tax and Development. He is a coeditor of the Routledge Handbook of Smuggling (2022).

Riassunto

Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the borderlands of Tunisia and Morocco, Max Gallien explains why states have long tolerated illegal trade across their borders and develops new ways to understand the political economy of smuggling.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Max Gallien, Gallien Max
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.02.2024
• EAN: 9780231212892
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21289-2
• Pagine: 360
• Serie: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, criminologia; Political Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Morocco, Organized crime, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Tunisia