1. Introduction: International Relations and the Illicit Global Economy / H. Richard Friman and Peter Andreas -- 2. Transnational Organized Crime: The New Authoritarianism / Louise I. Shelley -- 3. State Power and the Regulation of Illicit Activity in Global Finance / Eric Helleiner -- 4. The Illicit Trade in Hazardous Wastes and CFCs: International Responses to Environmental "Bads" / Jennifer Clapp -- 5. When Policies Collide: Market Reform, Market Prohibition, and the Narcotization of the Mexican Economy / Peter Andreas -- 6. The Limits of Coercive Diplomacy: U.S. Drug Policy and Colombian State Stability, 1978-1997 / William O. Walker III -- 7. Obstructing Markets: Organized Crime Networks and Drug Control in Japan / H. Richard Friman.