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The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling offers a comprehensive survey of interdisciplinary research
related to smuggling, reflecting on key themes, and charting current and future trends.
Divided into six parts and spanning over 30 chapters, the volume covers themes such as
mobility, borders, violent conflict, and state politics, as well as looks at the smuggling of specific
goods – from rice and gasoline to wildlife, weapons, and cocaine. Chapters engage with some of
the most contentious academic and policy debates of the twenty-first century, including the
historical creation of borders, re-bordering, the criminalisation of migration, and the politics of
selective toleration of smuggling. As it maps a field that contains unique methodological,
ethical, and risk-related challenges, the book takes stock not only of the state of our shared
knowledge, but also reflects on how this has been produced, pointing to blind spots and
providing an informed vision of the future of the field.
Bringing together established and emerging scholars from around the world, The Routledge
Handbook of Smuggling is an indispensable resource for students and researchers of conflict
studies, borderland studies, criminology, political science, global development, anthropology,
sociology, and geography. |
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