What comes to your mind when you hear the word 'smuggler'? The reality is far more complex than the simplified, negative image painted by the media and the authorities. This book looks at the practice through the eyes of the smugglers, revealing how it can be productive, subversive and deeply decolonial. As borders proliferate, so too does smuggling. In the decade leading up to 2018, more than 77 security barriers were created or expanded worldwide, five times more than the number of those built during the Cold War. The rich and varied ways people deal with these barriers are astounding, from underage Indonesians transporting asylum seekers and refugees to Australia, to the history of the use of new technologies used to transport contraband in Colombia. Covering a wide spectrum of modern and historical accounts from Southeast Asia and Europe to Africa and South and Central America, this is a fresh way of understanding how people deal with global inequalities and the restrictions of poverty and immobility.

Book Information
ISBN 9780745341606
Author Shahram Khosravi
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Pluto Press
Publisher Pluto Press
Weight(grams) 135g