{"product_id":"chinese-human-smuggling-organizations-families-social-networks-and-cultural-imperatives-hardback-9780804757416","title":"Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations; Families, Social Networks, and Cultural Imperatives (Hardback) 9780804757416","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChinese Human Smuggling Organizations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFamilies, Social Networks, and Cultural Imperatives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSheldon X. Zhang (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804757416\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 March 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 12 tables, 4 figures, 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.531 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Zhang offers some very stark conclusions and recommendations . . . [An] important and timely book.\" - James O. Finckernauer \"It is a path-breaking book . . . [T]his book is an important addition to a rising list of recent books to understand the international migration from China's Fujian province. It provides extremely valuable empirical knowledge about smuggling operation. Its innovative theoretical model proves to be very useful in explaining Chinese human smuggling and also holds potential for examining human smuggling in other settings as well.\" - Zai Lang (\u003ci\u003eChina Review International\u003c\/i\u003e) \"This highly informative and data-rich book sheds new light on a topical and popular criminological subject. It is highly recommended to all those who are interested in transnational crime studies.\" - \u003ci\u003eTrends in Organized Crime\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eChinese Human Smuggling Organizations\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book that offers essential information for policy makers, law enforcement, and academics interested in this large and profitable illicit market.\" - University of Toronto\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBased on years of fieldwork and interviews with 129 human smugglers as well as scores of government and law enforcement officials, this book presents a rare look into the secretive world of the \"snakeheads\" (human smugglers) whose ingenious endeavors have transported hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants into the United States and other Western countries. \u003cbr\u003e  The book is rich with vivid accounts of how groups of opportunistic entrepreneurs form loosely connected social circles to accomplish seemingly complex transnational negotiations. Zhang's findings and analyses challenge many widespread misconceptions about these smugglers in particular and Chinese organized crime in general. Bound together by little more than the pursuit of profit, these otherwise ordinary men have demonstrated remarkable flexibility in adapting to market and socio-legal constraints. \u003cbr\u003e  The author's concept of the \"dyadic cartwheel network\" integrates major theoretical constructs to explain how and why freelance operators have come to dominate the human smuggling enterprise instead of traditional crime syndicate.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52548829577496,"sku":"9780804757416","price":41.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chinese-human-smuggling-organizations-families-social-networks-and-cultural-imperatives-hardback-9780804757416","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}