Crime, drugs and the state in Africa
Subtitle: the Nigerian connection
By: Gernot Klantschnig
Series: History of international relations, diplomacy and intelligence -- v. 19; History of international relations library -- 30; History of international relations, diplomacy, and intelligence -- v. 19
Publisher: Republic of Letters Publishing; Brill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9789089791047
Subjects: Organzied crime; Drug traffic; Law and legislation; Drug control; Drugs
Description: Based on previously classified government information and interviews with key officials and drug market insiders in Nigeria, this book is the first ever in-depth analysis of the international and domestic origins of illegal drug control in Africa, exploring the formulation and implementation of Nigerian drug policy between 1985 and 2010. During this period, the country came to be seen as a hub in the global drug trade and the domestic policy set in motion to tackle this perception escalated into Africa's most repressive and long-lasting anti-drug campaign. The book provocatively argues that Nigeria's drug war was not driven by an understanding of the country's drug problems but rather by political calculations made in Nigeria, the US and at the UN.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-224) and index.