The Politics of Sin
Drugs, Alcohol and Public Policy
1st Edition
Published on 31. October 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
279 pages
978-1-56324-299-1 (ISBN)
Description
This work demonstrates the value of a multi-method approach to public policy analysis, arguing that descriptive historical studies, quantitative historical studies and cross-sectional quantitative studies are essentially compatible.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables, figures, references, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56324-299-1 (9781563242991)
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Person
Kenneth J. Meier
Content
Chapter 1 Politics and Morality Policies: A Theory; Chapter 2 The Policy History of Government Antidrug Efforts: Or, "It's Deja Vu All Over Again"; Chapter 3 Reefer Madness: A Quantitative Historical Analysis of Drug Enforcement Policy; Chapter 4, and were not examined in that article; Chapter 5 A Historical Review of Public Policies Regarding Alcohol; Chapter 6 One for the Road: A Quantitative Historical Analysis of U.S. Alcohol Policies; Chapter 7. All the dependent variables except for drunk driving laws have been updated. Several new dependent variables have been added. The independent variables in that article were adapted to fit the theory used in this book. Special thanks go to Cathy M. Johnson for her contribution to the original article. Her insights deserve credit for the findings here; I retain the blame for the changes I have made. In the update several relationships changed; that should be a lesson to those who seek to replicate their own work; Chapter 8 The Politics of Sin;