The Politics of Illicit Economies, Organized Crime, and Extra-Legal Actors Mini-Conference: State Responses to Illicit Economies, Organized Crime, and Extra-Legal Actors

Session Submission Type: In-Person Roundtable

Part of Mini-Conference

• The Politics of Illicit Economies, Organized Crime, and Extra-Legal Actors In-Person Mini-Conference

Session Description

This roundtable will focus on the policy implications of research on the politics of illicit economies. Scholars will discuss their research on various state responses to illicit economies and criminal violence, as well as how various criminal and extra-legal groups respond to state interventions.

Sub Unit

• Division 21: Conflict Processes

Chair

• Cecilia Farfan Mendez University of California, San Diego

Presenters

• Louis-Alexandre Berg Georgia State University

• Kieran Mitton King's College London

• Brian J. Phillips University of Essex

• David A. Shirk University of San Diego

• Chelsea L Estancona University of South Carolina

• Lauren Pinson University of Texas at Dallas