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Reality and Practicality: Challenges to Effective Cultural Property Policy on the Ground in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2015

Donna Yates
Donna Yates*
Affiliation:
Trafficking Culture Project, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow, Scotland. Email: donna.yates@glasgow.ac.uk
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Abstract:

Although on-the-ground preservation and policing is a major component of our international efforts to prevent the looting and trafficking of antiquities, the expectation placed on source countries may be beyond their capacity. This dependence on developing world infrastructure and policing may challenge our ability to effectively regulate this illicit trade. Using case studies generated from fieldwork in Belize and Bolivia, this paper discusses a number of these challenges to effective policy and offers some suggestions for future regulatory development.

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International Journal of Cultural Property , Volume 22 , Issue 2-3 , August 2015 , pp. 337 - 356
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Copyright © International Cultural Property Society 2015 

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