Politics of Narcotic Drugs - A Survey

Informationen zum Autor Julia Buxton Klappentext The Politics of Narcotic Drugs brings together leading experts on the drugs trade to provide an accessible yet detailed analysis of the multiple challenges that the contemporary trade in narcotic drugs and its prohibition pose, from the local to the international community. Zusammenfassung The Politics of Narcotic Drugs brings together leading experts on the drugs trade to provide an accessible yet detailed analysis of the multiple challenges that the contemporary trade in narcotic drugs and its prohibition pose, from the local to the international community. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents ESSAYS Levels of Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan, David Mansfield and Adam Pain The Middle East and Illicit Drugs: A Forgotten Region? Philip Robins The White Economy: Drugs, Poverty and Violent Conflict in Colombia, Jennifer Schirmer A Tale of Two Countries: Drugs, Guns, Violence and the US-Mexico Border, Laurie Freeman Understanding UK Drugs Policy: SOCA and the Enigma of Enforcement, Martin Elvins The Politics of Drug Prohibition, Sue Pryce Beyond `Narcoterrorism’: Illicit Drug Business and Terrorist Tactics in Armed Conflicts, Ekaterina Stepanova The Principles for Rational Drug Policy Making, Steve Rolles Drugs and Wellbeing: Prohibition’s Negative Impacts, Emily Crick A – Z GLOSSARY by Julia Buxton, including entries on issues, organizations, countries involved, and explanations of narcotic drugs MAPS AND TABLES including maps showing areas of cultivation, and tables showing production and trade in narcotic drugs

Product details

• Authors: Julia Buxton
• Assisted by: Julia Buxton (Editor), Buxton Julia (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.2010
• EAN: 9781857435016
• ISBN: 978-1-85743-501-6
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Europa Politics of ... series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, REFERENCE / General, International Relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference, Addiction & therapy, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Reference works, Addiction and therapy, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects