Debating the Drug War - Race, Politics, and the Media

List of contents

Contents

1. Introduction


2. The War on Drugs as a Contested Social Issue


3. How the Media "Frames" the Debate


4. Debate Dynamics: Racial Silence, Resonance, and Code Words


5. Identity Construction in the Heat of Debate


6. Conclusion

References
Glossary

About the author

Michael L. Rosino is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Molloy College. His research and teaching focus on racial politics, media, social movements, crime, law and deviance, and human rights. His work emphasizes social change, policy, and community and civic engagement. He has published widely on the connections between racial oppression, struggles for racial equality, political conflicts, debates over public policy, and everyday social life in various scholarly and public outlets. His current research examines how activists within progressive grassroots political organizations engage with racial and political inequality through their identities, habits, and political strategies. The project illuminates the possibilities and barriers for building a racially just and inclusive grassroots democracy and advances new understandings of racial politics grounded in everyday social life.

Summary

This book traces how the history between race, drug policies, and the role of the media reflects dominant ideas about race, crime, politics. Through 30 years of newspaper reports and online commentary, Rosino shows how people form identities in a debate that heavily influences politics, public policies, and race relations.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Rosino
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.03.2021
• EAN: 9781138239685
• ISBN: 978-1-138-23968-5
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Drug Guides, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination