Politics, violence and drugs in Kingston, Jamaica

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 420-440

  Clarke, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs; Garrisons; Ghetto; Patronage; Politics; Violence

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DRUGS TRADE; POLITICAL POWER; VIOLENCE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COLOMBIA; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; KINGSTON [JAMAICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 33745269796     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: 14709856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0261-3050.2006.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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