Covid-19, Gangs, and Conflict: A Small Wars Journal-El Centro Reader (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781664124349)

The Coronavirus pandemic is fueling conflict and fostering extremism while concurrently empowering gangs, cartels, and mafias in their quest for power and profit. In COVID-19, Gangs, and Conflict, Editors John P. Sullivan and Robert J. Bunker bring together a curated collection of both new and previously published material to explore the trends and potentials of the global pandemic emergency. Topics include an exploration of proto-statemaking by criminal groups, the interaction of pandemics and conflict, as well as a comparison of gangs, criminal cartels, and mafias exploiting the crisis and exerting criminal governance in Brazil, El Salvador, Mexico, Colombia, and South Africa. Implications for national security, biosecurity, slums, transnational organized crime, and threats and opportunities in the contested pandemic space are assessed. SWJ

Author: John P. Sullivan
ISBN-10: 1664124349
ISBN-13: 9781664124349
Publisher: Xlibris Us
Language: English
Published: 08/28/2020
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.52d