Drugs, Deviancy and Democracy in Iran - The Interaction of State and Civil Society

Informationen zum Autor Janne Bjerre Christensen holds a PhD in International Development Studies from Roskilde University, Denmark. Educated in anthropology at SOAS, University of London and the University of Copenhagen, where she also taught. Vorwort Explores the mounting problems of drug use in Iran, how treatment became legalized in 1998, how local NGOs offer methadone treatment in Tehran and face continuous political challenges in doing so, and how drug use is critically discussed in Iranian media and cinema. Zusammenfassung Explores the mounting problems of drug use in Iran, how treatment became legalized in 1998, how local NGOs offer methadone treatment in Tehran and face continuous political challenges in doing so, and how drug use is critically discussed in Iranian media and cinema. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Drugs, NGOs and the Iranian StateChapter 1: (Dis)locating the State: Order and PowerChapter 2: The Iranian State and the Reform Movement: Debating GovernanceChapter 3: Countering the Discourse of Dialogue: NGOs and the State of AhmadinezhadChapter 4: Changing Drug Policies: Institutionalizing a New Social OrderChapter 5: Negotiating Normalcy: NGOs Treating Drug UsersChapter 6: Shooting Drugs: Re-imagining the ‘Moral Public’Conclusion: What is ‘Reform’?

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Janne Bjerre Christensen
• Verlag: Tauris, I.B.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 13.09.2011
• EAN: 9781848856394
• ISBN: 978-1-84885-639-4
• Seiten: 304
• Serien: International Library of Iranian Studies; International Library of Irani; International Library of Iranian Studies; International Library of Irani
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politisches System