Hooked: Exploring Drug Prohibition and Norms in Asia with Prof. Diana Kim
Mike is joined by Georgetown Professor Diana Kim to discuss Diana's new book, "Empires of Vice," a look at how colonial administrations came to ban drugs across Asian territories.
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Show Notes
In the twentieth episode of The Asia Chessboard, Mike is joined by Georgetown Professor Diana Kim to discuss Diana's new book, Empires of Vice, a look at how colonial administrations came to ban drugs across Asian territories. How did this process affect the development of governing norms in Asia? What impacts did these models of prohibition have on contemporary illicit markets across Asia? Are norms generated on the local level or with central governments?