M. EMDAD UL HAQ is a political scientist with research interests in the politics of narcotics in South Asia and the Asia-Pacific region, and comparative politics. He is Associate Professor at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh and is the author of
Drug Addiction: National and World Perspective and
Comparative Political Analysis.
The drug problem in South Asia is mounting. This work provides an inside story of the pro-revenue drug policies pursued both by the British colonial authorities and post-independent governments in South Asia. The dangers of the drug trade in South Asia have now become global, the author assesses international efforts against drug trafficking.
List of Tables, Figures and Maps Preface Glossary Abbreviations Prelude Colonial Drug Trade Anti-Opium Pressures British Narco-Diplomacy 1909-46 Indian Resurgence 1947-97 Pakistani Dilemmas 1947-97 Bangladeshi Panorama 1972-97 Epilogue Notes Select Bibliography Index
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M. Emdad ul Haq
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List of Tables, Figures and Maps Preface Glossary Abbreviations Prelude Colonial Drug Trade Anti-Opium Pressures British Narco-Diplomacy 1909-46 Indian Resurgence 1947-97 Pakistani Dilemmas 1947-97 Bangladeshi Panorama 1972-97 Epilogue Notes Select Bibliography Index
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The drug problem in South Asia is mounting. This work provides an inside story of the pro-revenue drug policies pursued both by the British colonial authorities and post-independent governments in South Asia. The dangers of the drug trade in South Asia have now become global, the author assesses international efforts against drug trafficking.
1 Wide-ranging - from colonial policies to contemporary problems
2 Assesses domestic and international anti-drug programmes in the regional context of global political relationships
3 New explanation of origins of drugs trade and its post-colonial persistence
