Publication

Aug 2014

This brief believes that it's time to look at crime networks in a new way -- i.e., as an alternative or parallel form of sovereignty to the nation-state. Put another way, the networks should be seen as the commodification of political influence and connections, which then leads to the exercising of authority alongside, within or apart from the state.

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Author Erin Torkelson
Series ISS Policy Briefs
Issue 59
Publisher Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
Copyright © 2014 Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
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