Modes of governance and the everyday lives of illicit drug producers in Afghanistan.
Prevailing studies on illicit drug economies in violent contexts are typically concerned with whether illicit drugs are a driver of insecurity, or vice versa. This paper provides additional nuance to the literature by considering the interaction between different governance arrangements and the ever...
| Publicado en: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 43; no. 11; pp. 2597 - 2618 |
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