
Drugs
Open University Press
Published on 16. April 2006
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-335-21617-8 (ISBN)
Description
Drugs: Policy and Politics is an accessible introduction to the links between drugs and social policy. Assessing current and recent policies and political responses, it considers the ways in which drugs policy is formulated and implemented in the UK and Europe.The book examines the dynamic context of drug policy through discussions of broader policy fields such as health and the criminal justice system. The contributors offer evidence-based insights into the social complexities of both drug use and drug users, as they examine those specific groups who are associated with particular patterns of drug use. Drug issues are linked with aspects of gender, race and social exclusion, all of which have a resonance in the current discourses of policy making. Drugs: Policy and Politics provides an important set of tools with which to rethink the diversity of drug use and drug users. It is important reading for social policy students and researchers, as well as trainee social workers, probation officers, police and prison officers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
303 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-21617-8 (9780335216178)
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Persons
Rhidian Hughes is Senior Research Fellow at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine. Rachel Lart is a Lecturer in Social Policy in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She is interested in in the analysis of drugs policy and has also done research in the overlap between mental health and the criminal justice system. Paul Higate is a Lecturer in Social Policy in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. His research and teaching interests are diverse but have included a teaching based concern to broaden the field of social policy within the context of debates around postmodernity.
Content
Chapter 1. Social Exclusion, Drugs and Policy. By Joanne Neale
Chapter 2. Gender, Drugs and Policy. By Trish Harding
Chapter 3.Young People and Drugs. By Margaret Melrose
Chapter 4. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? The Politics of 'Race' and Drugs and How Policy Makers Interpret Things. By. Kazim Khan.
Chapter 5. Drugs, Law and the Regulation of Harm. By Michael Shiner
Chapter 6. Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice. By Rhidian Hughes and Nerys Anthony
Chapter 7. Drugs and Health. By Rachel Lart
Chapter 8. Drifting Towards a More Common Approach to a More Common Problem: Epidemiology and the Evolution of a European Drug Policy. By Henri Bergeron and Paul Griffiths
Chapter 9. Contemporary Social Theory in the Drugs Field. By Paul Higate.
Chapter 2. Gender, Drugs and Policy. By Trish Harding
Chapter 3.Young People and Drugs. By Margaret Melrose
Chapter 4. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? The Politics of 'Race' and Drugs and How Policy Makers Interpret Things. By. Kazim Khan.
Chapter 5. Drugs, Law and the Regulation of Harm. By Michael Shiner
Chapter 6. Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice. By Rhidian Hughes and Nerys Anthony
Chapter 7. Drugs and Health. By Rachel Lart
Chapter 8. Drifting Towards a More Common Approach to a More Common Problem: Epidemiology and the Evolution of a European Drug Policy. By Henri Bergeron and Paul Griffiths
Chapter 9. Contemporary Social Theory in the Drugs Field. By Paul Higate.