Spring 2002 Professor H.R. Friman
MWF 11:00 WW 468 (x85991)/h.r.Friman@marquette.edu
LL232 OH: MWF 2-4
OBJECTIVES: Scholarship on the politics of international economic relations has largely ignored transnational markets for illicit goods and services, even though such markets have a substantial impact on the global economy and state and societal security. State security agencies, organized crime groups, terrorists, and others interact in these markets as participants as well as aspiring regulators. The nature of transactions in these illicit markets is multifaceted. The illicit flow of goods includes products ranging from cocaine and heroin to human body parts and weapons of mass destruction. The illicit flow of capital includes a myriad of forms of laundered money ranging from cash and securities to electronic currency and currency speculation. Illicit movements of people include the smuggling of migrant workers as well as the trafficking in women and children for sexual slavery. The course will explore these issues with a specific focus on the challenges and opportunities that the illicit global economy poses to the nation-state.
The objectives of this course are threefold. First, students will learn the major theoretical approaches that seek to explain the illicit global economy. Second, students will learn the basic characteristics and mechanics of, and participants in, the substantive issue areas that comprise the illicit global economy. Third, students will learn to apply and assess the merits of theoretical approaches in seeking to understand patterns of participation and efforts to control the underside of international economic relations.
REQUIREMENTS: The course grade will be based on two exams and two papers. The midterm and final exams will each count for 25 percent of the course grade. The tests will be a combination of identification questions and short essays. Students are also required to complete two papers. The first paper (5 pages) is due on February 15. The second paper (8 pages) is due on April 22. The assignments are discussed in the course schedule section below. NOTE: late papers will not be accepted. The first paper will count for 20 percent of the course grade, the second paper for 30 percent. The direction of borderline grades will be based on class participation. Graduate students should meet with the instructor during the first week of the semester to discuss additional course requirements.
Students are responsible for completing and thinking about the assigned reading before coming to class. Class format will be a combination of lecture and discussion. When reading students should consider the following: what is the author's thesis, how does the author prove this thesis, what key concepts has the author introduced. If it becomes clear that the course readings are not being completed, the instructor reserves the right to add to the course requirements through the use of surprise reading quizzes. The successful completion of this course requires attention to both course readings and class lectures and discussions. Absence will be spot checked and academic dishonesty policies will conform to University and College of Arts and Sciences policies as described in the 2001/02 MU UNDERGRADUATE BULLETIN.
GRADING SCALE: 1000 point total: 950-1000 = A; 900-949 = AB; 850-899 = B; 800-849 = BC; 750-799 = C; 700-749 = CD; 650-699 = D; 0-649 = F
REQUIRED TEXTS: 1) H. Richard Friman and Peter Andreas [FA], eds., The Illicit Global Economy and State Power (Boulder: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999); 2) Mark Bowden [BO], Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlaw (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001); 3) David Kyle and Rey Koslowski [KK], eds., Global Human Smuggling: Comparative Perspectives (Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press 2001); 4) Lora Lumpe [LL], ed., Running Guns: The Black Market in Small Arms (New York: Zed Books, 2000); 5) Jeffrey Robinson [JR], The Merger: The Conglomeration of International Organized Crime (Woodstock and New York: Overlook Press, 2000).
COURSE OUTLINE:
January 14: Welcome and Introduction
PART I: Dynamics and
Players
January 16,18,23: The Parameters of the IGE
FA, Chapter 1 (Friman and Andreas-Introduction)
JR, Chapter 15 (Millennium Bugs, pp. 320-36)
FA, Chapter 4 (Clapp-Hazardous Waste)
January 25,28,30, February 1,4,6: “Organized Crime and Crime that is Organized”
FA, Chapter 2 (Shelley-Transnational Organized Crime)
JR, Chapter 2 (Getting Connected)
JR, Chapter 4 (The Maffiya)
JR, Chapter 8 (Remapping the Earth, pp. 169-84)
JR, Chapter 10 (The New Melting Pot)
JR Chapter 14 (Chasing Ghosts)
FA, Chapter 7 (Friman-Obstructing Markets)
PART II: Drug Trafficking
February 8,11,13,15,18,20,22
FA, Chapter 6 (Walker-Colombia)
BO, Killing Pablo-Entire
FA, Chapter 5 (Andreas-Mexico)
Frontline Video: The Godfather of Cocaine
Topic: Drawing on the concepts of metapolitical authority and ability to control, discuss the Executive Order Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the potential impact of this order on the illicit global economy.
The Executive Order is available as a handout on library reserve or on the White House Web Site. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011008-2.html.
February 25, 27, March 1
LL, Running Guns-Entire
March 18,20,22
JR, Chapter 8 (Remapping the Earth: pp, 184-93)
Frontline Video: “Loose Nukes”
Easter Break: March 29-April 1
March 25,27, April 3,5,8,10,12,15,17
KK, Chapter 2 (Koser-Western Europe)
KK, Chapter 4 (Andreas-Transformation)
KK, Chapter 5 (Spener- South Texas)
Video: Sorius Samura’s “Exodus”
KK, Chapter 7 (Liang/Ye- Fujian)
KK, Chapter 8 (Chin-Social Organization)
KK, Chapter 9 (Kwong-Labor Markets)
KK, Chapter 11 (Friman-Japan)
KK, Chapter 3 (Scully-Pre-Cold War)
KK, Chapter 6 (Finckenauer-Russia)
KK, Chapter 10 (Demleitner-Law)
KK, Chapter 12 (Miller-Employer Sanctions)
KK, Chapter 13 (Koslowski-Mulitaleral)
Topic: Research paper on an IGE issue of your choice. Your paper must identify and resolve a paradox (e.g., why does a certain pattern exist where we would expect a different pattern—given theory, past experience, or the experience of other countries, regions, issues).
Format: eight pages (10-12 point font), typed, double-spaced. You must use at least FIVE sources—NONE of these can be class readings and at least THREE of these must be books. You must explicitly cite the sources you use, even if you do not quote materials word for word. Citation forms can be footnotes, endnotes, or in text. Bottom Line: no cites, no points!!
April 19, 22, 24,26,29, May 1
FA, Chapter 3 (Helleiner-Money Laundering)
JR, Chapter 3 (Detour, pp. 56-63)
JR, Chapter 7 (Banking in New York)
JR, Chapter 11 (The Caribbean Cesspool)
JR, Chapter 12 (Bank It Again Sam)
JR, Epilogue (337-45)
Final Exam (250 points): Thursday, May 9: 10:30 – 12:30