Policy Paradox: Implications of U.S. Drug Control Policy for Jamaica

Jones, Marlyn J.

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“…Phases of Ghana's Hydrocarbon History. Source: Model designed by the author with ideas from Jones [19] and Kumah-Abiwu [20].…”

Section: The Resource Curse Phenomenonmentioning

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Democratic Institutions, Natural Resource Governance, and Ghana’s Oil Wealth

Kumah-Abiwu

2017

Social Sciences

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Abstract:The literature on natural resources is endowed with works on countries that have experienced slow economic performance despite their abundant natural resources (resource curse), with the exception of Norway and other few countries. Strong institutions and good governance practices have been underscored as some of the explanatory factors to the high performance of the outlier countries. Ghana's oil discovery in the era of its advancing democratic practices has led some to argue that the country might escape the resource curse phenomenon. While recognizing the importance of this argument, this article, however, argues that Ghana's likelihood of escaping the resource curse could be problematic due to its exclusive emphasis on democratic governance without greater focus on oil sector governance. Drawing on the theory of agenda setting and the existing literature, the article makes the case for agenda shift in the debate on Ghana's oil wealth and development. It stresses the need for a dualistic governance (the democratic and the oil sector) approach in the broader discourse on how Ghana can escape the resource curse.

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“…Phases of Ghana's Hydrocarbon History. Source: Model designed by the author with ideas from Jones [19] and Kumah-Abiwu [20].…”

Section: The Resource Curse Phenomenonmentioning

confidence: 99%

Democratic Institutions, Natural Resource Governance, and Ghana’s Oil Wealth

Kumah-Abiwu

2017

Social Sciences

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“…Siegel and Bovenkerk (2007) also found that Russian immigrants are responsible for most of the organized crime in The Netherlands. Similarly, Jones (2007) documents how "Jamaican posses" emerged out of the economic and political turmoil of their homeland to establish a far-reaching, transnational criminal network that engages in gun running, drug trafficking, and money laundering.…”

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Introduction. The Immigration-Crime Connection: Competing Theoretical Perspectives

Wortley¹

2009

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…Scholarly attention, and much of U.S. policy, has focused on the primary drug producing areas such as Colombia, or producing and transshipment places like Jamaica (Jones, 2002). The Dominican Republic is now also regarded as a primary transshipment locale and has seen the growth of local drug gangs and violence, as well as increased domestic drug consumption (Griffith, 1997(Griffith, , 2000a(Griffith, , 2000bKlein, et al, 2004;Rogers, 1999).…”

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Trading Democracy for Security? The Effects of the International Drug War on the Quality of Democracy in the Dominican Republic, 1996 -2008

Blumenfeld¹

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The purpose of the research is to study the relationship between international drug interdiction policies and domestic politics in fragile democracies, and to demonstrate how international drug control policies and the use of force fit the rhetoric of war, are legitimized by the principles of a just war, but may also cause collateral damage and negative unintended consequences. The method used is a case study of the Dominican Republic. The research has found that international drug control regimes, primarily led by the U.S. and narrowly focused on interdiction, have influenced an increasingly militarized approach to domestic law enforcement in the Dominican Republic. The collateral damage caused by militarized enforcement comes in the form of negative perceptions of citizen security, loss of respect for the rule of law and due process, and low levels of civil society development. The drug war has exposed the need for significant reform of the institutions charged with carrying out enforcement, the police force and the judicial system in particular. The dissertation concludes that the extent of drug trafficking in the Dominican Republic is beyond the scope of domestic reform v efforts alone, but that the programs implemented do show some potential for future success. The dissertation also concludes that the framework of warfare is not the most appropriate for the international problems of drug traffic and abuse. A broader, multipronged approach should be considered by world policy makers in order to address all conditions that allow drugs to flourish without infringing upon democratic and civil rights in the process.

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Policy Paradox: Implications of U.S. Drug Control Policy for Jamaica

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

Democratic Institutions, Natural Resource Governance, and Ghana’s Oil Wealth

Democratic Institutions, Natural Resource Governance, and Ghana’s Oil Wealth

Introduction. The Immigration-Crime Connection: Competing Theoretical Perspectives

Trading Democracy for Security? The Effects of the International Drug War on the Quality of Democracy in the Dominican Republic, 1996 -2008

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