Ominous Parallels and Optimistic Differences: Opium in China and Afghanistan
dc.contributor.author | Windle, James | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-20T16:59:02Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-11T08:27:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-20T16:59:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-04-11T08:27:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.citation |
Windle, J. (2011) 'Ominous Parallels and Optimistic Differences: Opium in China and Afghanistan', Law, Crime and History, 1(2), pp.141-164. Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/8866 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-9238 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/8866 | |
dc.description.abstract |
This paper compares two of history's largest producers of opium - Afghanistan (2000-11) and China (1917-35) - to suggest that in both cases production was facilitated by: (1) A lack of central control over the national territory; (2) The existence of local power-holders; (3) Internal violent conflict; (4) The existence of a significant domestic opium consuming population. The initial analysis is extended by introducing a successful opium production suppression intervention, The People's Republic of China (1950s/1960s), to suggest that the control of opium in contemporary Afghanistan requires the Government to: (1) Extend the state into isolated and hostile areas; (2) Facilitate a sense of selfinterest in the Afghan Government and political elite towards opium suppression; (3) Facilitate a perception that suppression benefits opium farmers; (4) Strengthen the capacity to monitor opium farmers and enforce the law. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Plymouth | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Afghanistan | en_US |
dc.subject | Alternative development | en_US |
dc.subject | China | en_US |
dc.subject | Drug law enforcement | en_US |
dc.subject | Opium | en_US |
dc.title | Ominous Parallels and Optimistic Differences: Opium in China and Afghanistan | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type | Article | |
plymouth.issue | 2 | |
plymouth.volume | 1 | |
plymouth.journal | SOLON Law, Crime and History |