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Running Guns
The Global Black Market in Small Arms
Running Guns
The Global Black Market in Small Arms
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Description
Whether the war zone be in Africa, Sri Lanka, Chechnya or Afghanistan, most people are not killed by hi-tech or heavy weaponry, but by the small arms, cheap and accessible, that have flooded into so many countries in recent years. Crime rates involving guns have also soared, as South Africa and Kenya have experienced. Yet much of this cross-border arms trade is illegal. Several governments, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, are now pressing for a new global treaty on illegal trafficking in small arms.
This book is a fascinating, highly informative and policy-relevant investigation into an issue about which far too little is known, and which raises crucial questions about the black market.
Table of Contents
Part I: Framing the Issue
2. Anatomy of a Shady Deal - Brian Johnson-Thomas
3. What's 'Legal'? What's 'Illegal'? - Emanuela-Chiara Gillard
Part II: The Sources
4. Government Gun-running to Guerrillas - Lucy Mathiak and Lora Lumpe
5. Manufacturing Trends - Pete Abel
6. Domestic Gun Markets - Wendy Cukier and Steve Shropshire
Part III: The Mechanics
7. Making the Deal and Moving the Goods-the role of brokers and shippers - Brian Wood and Johan Peleman
8. Gunsmoke and Mirrors: Financing the illegal trade - Tom Naylor
Part IV: The Way Forward
9. Combating Arms Trafficking - Sarah Meek
10. Law Enforcement and International Gun Trafficking - Ted Leggett
11. Summary of Recommendations - Lora Lumpe
Product details
Published | 01 Jul 2000 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 256 |
ISBN | 9781856498739 |
Imprint | Zed Books |
Dimensions | Not specified |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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The international community is awakening to the dangers... Running Guns provides a body of interpretative analysis that should serve as the framework for developing real responses.
Daniel Garcia-Pea, former Colombian Presidential advisor and peace negotiator
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This book tells us what to do, and why we should do it now.
Jan Egeland, former Deputy Norwegian Foreign Minister
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This book provides a wealth of analysis and outlines concrete steps that governments must take if they are serious about shutting down the traffic in small arms.
Jody Williams, International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Nobel Peace Laureate
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Provides the first in-depth coverage of the infrastructure of the small arms business, and traces the evolving international efforts to contain the impact of these weapons.
Jonathan M. Winer, former US Deputy Ass. Sec. of State for International Narcotics and Crime
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Running Guns lays out a no-nonsense agenda for government action that would effectively counter this deadly trade.
Jose Ramos-Horta, National Council of Timorese Resistance and Nobel Peace Laureate

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