Rethinking Drug Laws - Theory, History, Politics

Rethinking Drug Laws develops new theoretical and conceptual tools for understanding how drug control functions. It presents original archival research on the origins of drug prohibition, and explains ways that we can develop a better 'politics of drugs' that can reanimate drug law reform.

Sommario

• 1: Introduction: The 'drug question'


• Part I: Theory


• 2: Exchangespace


• 3: Time and Exchangespace


• Part II: History


• 4: China and the Opium Wars


• 5: The Birth of Prohibition


• Part III: Politics


• 6: The Politics of Drug Control


• 7: Democratic Politics and Drug Law Reform


• 8: Conclusion: Rethinking reform

Info autore

Toby Seddon is Professor of Social Science at University College London and is currently Head of the UCL Social Research Institute. He has previously held academic positions at the University of Manchester and University of Leeds. He has been researching, teaching, and writing on drug policy and criminal justice for nearly 30 years. Before becoming an academic, he was involved in research and policy work in the NGO sector, focused on addiction, mental health, and homelessness.

Riassunto

Rethinking Drug Laws develops new theoretical and conceptual tools for understanding how drug control functions. It presents original archival research on the origins of drug prohibition, and explains ways that we can develop a better 'politics of drugs' that can reanimate drug law reform.

Testo aggiuntivo

With this new monograph, Seddon (Univ. College London) offers an important theory to help understand an especially "wicked" public policy problem. Recommended.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Toby Seddon, Toby (Professor of Social Science Seddon, Seddon Toby
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.07.2023
• EAN: 9780192846525
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284652-5
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Clarendon Studies in Criminology
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Health, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, LAW / Drugs & the Law, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Legal aspects of criminology, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminology: legal aspects, Offences against public health, safety, order, Public Health & Safety Law, Public health and safety law