Drug Smuggler Nation - Narcotics and the Netherlands, 1920-1995 (Hardcover)

Why did the international drug regulatory regime of the twentieth century fail to stop an explosive increase in trade and consumption of illegal drugs? This study investigates the histories of smugglers and criminal entrepreneurs in the Netherlands who succeeded in turning the country into the so-called 'Colombia of Europe' or, 'the international drug supermarket'. Increasing state regulations and interventions led to the proliferation of a 'hydra' of small, anarchic groups and networks ideally suited to circumvent the enforcement of regulation. Networks of smugglers and suppliers of heroin, cocaine, cannabis, XTC, and other drugs were organized without a strict formal hierarchy and based on personal relations and cultural affinities rather than on institutional arrangements. These networks created a thriving underground industry of illegal synthetic drug laboratories and indoor cannabis cultivation in the Netherlands itself. Their operations were made possible and developed because of the deep historical social and cultural 'embeddedness' of criminal anarchy in Dutch society. Using examples from the rich history of drug smuggling, Drug smuggler nation investigates the deeper and hidden grounds of the illegal drug trade, and its effects on our drug policies. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Stephen Snelders (Postdoctoral research fellow)
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-5139-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Drugs trade / drug trafficking Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	1-5261-5139-1
Barcode:	9781526151391

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