Governing Guns, Preventing Plunder - International Cooperation against Illicit Trade (Paperback)

From human trafficking to the smuggling of small arms to the looting of antiquities, illicit trade poses significant threats to international order. So why is it so difficult to establish international cooperation against illicit trade? Governing Guns, Preventing Plunder offers a novel, thought-provoking answer to this crucial question.
Conventional wisdom holds that criminal groups are the biggest obstacle to efforts to suppress illicit trade. Contrarily, Asif Efrat explains how legitimate actors, such as museums that acquire looted antiquities, seek to hinder these regulatory efforts. Yet such attempts to evade regulation fuel international political conflicts between governments demanding action against illicit trade and others that are reluctant to cooperate. The book offers a framework for understanding the domestic origins of these conflicts and how the distribution of power shapes their outcome. Through this framework, Efrat explains why the interests of governments vary across countries, trades, and time. In a fascinating empirical analysis, he solves a variety of puzzles: Why is the international regulation of small arms much weaker than international drug control? What led the United States and Britain to oppose the efforts against the plunder of antiquities, and why did they ultimately join these efforts? How did American pressure motivate Israel to tackle sex trafficking? Efrat's findings will change the way we think about illicit trade, offering valuable insights to scholars, activists, and policymakers.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2014
First published:	November 2014
Authors:	Asif Efrat (Assistant Professor of Government)
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	380
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-020687-1
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > International criminal law Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law Promotions
LSN:	0-19-020687-X
Barcode:	9780190206871

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