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UNINA9910465560803321 |
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Benavie Arthur |
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Drugs : America's holy war / / Arthur Benavie |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2009 |
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1-283-54696-5 |
9786613859419 |
1-135-69477-X |
0-203-88659-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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362.29/1560973 |
362.291560973 |
363.450973 |
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Drug control - United States |
Drug legalization - United States |
Social problems - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-172) and index. |
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Drugs America's Holy War; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I: Background; Introduction; 1 Overview; 2 The Birth of the Drug War; PART II: Damage from the Drug War; Introduction; 3 Crime; 4 Public Health; 5 Civil Liberties; 6 Social Cohesion; 7 Your Tax Dollars at Work; PART III: The Federal Government's Case for the Drug War; 8 The Perception of the Drug Czars; 9 The Czars Defend the Drug War; 10 The White House Versus the Scientists on Marijuana Dangers; 11 The Czars Versus the Scientists on Cocaine and Heroin; PART IV: Beyond the Drug War; 12 Harm Reduction Instead of War |
13 Legalizing Marijuana14 Reforming the Laws on Hard Drugs; 15 Questions and Answers; Notes; References; Index |
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From the Publisher: "Using the best scientific evidence, Drugs: America's Holy War explores the impact and cost of America's "War on Drugs"-both in public spending and in human terms. Is it possible that |
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US drug policies are helping to proliferate, not prevent, a multitude of social ills including: homicide, property crime, the spread of AIDS, the contamination of drugs, the erosion of civil liberties, the punishment of thousands of non-violent people, the corruption of public officials, and the spending of billions of tax dollars in an attempt to prevent certain drugs from entering the country?" Arthur Benavie analyzes the research findings and argues that an end to the "War on Drugs," much as we ended alcohol prohibition, would yield enormous international benefits, destroy dangerous and illegal drug cartels, and allow the American government to refocus its attention on public well-being. |
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UNINA9910478855703321 |
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Autore |
Nilsson Per-Erik |
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Unveiling the French Republic : national identity, secularism, and Islam in contemporary France / / by Per-Erik Nilsson |
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Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2018 |
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©2018 |
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1 online resource (225 pages) |
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Studies in Critical Research on Religion, , 1877-2129 ; ; Volume 7 |
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Secularism - France |
Islam - France |
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France Religion 21st century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: Everybody Welcome to France -- Approaching French Secularism -- (French) Secularism -- A Shield Against Alterity -- The First Islamic Veil Affair -- Ideological Battle Flags -- Inventing Secularism -- The Second Islamic Veil Affair -- The Tip of the Iceberg -- (Re)Inventing Secularism -- Consequences -- Social Contracts, National Borders and Illiberal Governmentality. |
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The Islamic Veil Affairs (2003-4 and 2009-2011), which led to the |
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banning of Muslim girls wearing Islamic headscarves in French public schools and women wearing full-face veils in public, have raised serious concerns about the relationship between secularism and the freedom of religious expression. In Unveiling the French Republic: National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary France , Per-Erik Nilsson engages in a careful critical analysis of the Veil Affairs. His critique, for the most part, is not on the decision of Muslim women to wear the veil but rather on the misuse of secular ideology to justify religious intolerance and mask ethnic prejudice. |
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