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Tycoons and contraband : informal cross-border trade in West Nile, North-Western Uganda
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Author
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Abstract
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| This article presents ethnographic evidence on the activities of the tycoons large-scale cross-border contraband traders in north-western Uganda. It shows how engagement with state officials, but also integration in the broader community are two crucial aspects which explain the functioning of informal cross-border trade or smuggling in north-western Uganda. In doing so, it shows how, although there is a high degree of interaction between the formal and the informal, the informal economy still has a distinct regulatory authority rather than simply merging in the state regulatory framework. Secondly, the regulatory authority governing this trade has a distinct plural character: rather than being either a weapon of the weak for marginalised sections of the population or a weapon of the strong for political elites, it has a much more ambiguous character, which influences the behaviour of the tycoons: both of these interactions limit the maneuvering space of these traders. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Journal of eastern African studies. - Abingdon
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Publication
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Abingdon
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2012
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ISSN
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1753-1055
1753-1063
[online]
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DOI
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10.1080/17531055.2012.664703
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Volume/pages
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6
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(2012)
, p. 47-63
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ISI
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000304375900003
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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