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Drug policies and development : conflict and coexistence / / edited by Julia Buxton, Mary Chinery-Hesse, Khalid Tinasti
| Drug policies and development : conflict and coexistence / / edited by Julia Buxton, Mary Chinery-Hesse, Khalid Tinasti |
| Autore | Buxton Julia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brill, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 362.29/1561091724 |
| Collana | International Development Policy |
| Soggetto topico |
Drug control - Economic aspects - Developing countries
Drug traffic - Economic aspects - Developing countries Economic development - Developing countries |
| Soggetto non controllato | International relations |
| ISBN | 90-04-44049-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Are Barriers to Sustainable Development Endogenous to Drug Control Policies? -- Khalid Tinasti, Julia Buxton and Mary Chinery-Hesse -- PART 1 -- Milestones of Drug Policies and Development -- 2 Drug Control and Development: a Blind Spot -- Julia Buxton -- 3 Imperial Drug Economies, Development, and the Search for Alternatives in Asia, from Colonialism to Decolonisation -- John Collins -- 4 From Alternative Development to Development-oriented Drug Policies -- Daniel Brombacher and Sarah David -- 5 Trying to Be All Things to All People: Alternative Development in Afghanistan -- David Mansfield -- 6 Cannabis Regulation and Development: Fair(er) Trade Options for Emerging Legal Markets -- David Bewley-Taylor, Martin Jelsma and Sylvia Kay -- PART 2 Human Development and Drug Policies -- 7 Making War: Conflict Zones and Their Implications for Drug Policy -- Tuesday Reitano -- 8 The Neo-patrimonial 'Use' of Drug Policy in Electoral Processes -- Khalid Tinasti -- 9 The Meaningful Participation of 'Stakeholders' in Global Drug Policy Debates-A Policy Comment -- Ann Fordham -- 10 The World Drug Policy Problem: Interview with José Ramos-Horta -- José Ramos-Horta and Khalid Tinasti -- PART 3 -- Drugs, Development and Cross-cutting Issues -- 11 The Rif and California: Environmental Violence in the Era of New Cannabis Markets -- Kenza Afsahi -- 12 The Gendered Impacts of Drug Policy on Women: Case Studies from Mexico -- Corina Giacomello -- 13 Incorporating Child Rights into Scheduling Decisions at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs -- Damon Barrett and Diederik Lohman -- 14 More Harm than Public Health in Drug Policy? A Comment -- Joanne Csete -- 15 Prohibitionist Drug Policy in South Africa-Reasons and Effects -- Andrew Scheibe, Shaun Shelly and Anna Versfeld -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Conflict and Coexistence |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910420943703321 |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The political economy of narcotics : production, consumption and global markets / / Julia Buxton
| The political economy of narcotics : production, consumption and global markets / / Julia Buxton |
| Autore | Buxton Julia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.45/ |
| Soggetto topico |
Drug control - History
Drug abuse - Government policy Drug traffic - Government policy Sociology |
| ISBN |
1-350-22340-9
1-84813-752-4 1-78032-850-8 1-281-21611-9 1-84813-161-5 9786611216115 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
1. Intoxicating substances in historical perspective -- The role of drugs in global society -- Opium and empire -- The Chinese opium market -- 2. The drift to regulation and the idea of prohibition -- Drug consumption in the Western market -- The advent of control : Britain and America contrasted -- The US modernization experience : tension and protest -- The alcohol prohibition movement and experience -- 3. From regulation to control : the internationalization of drug prohibition -- The anti-opium campaign in Britain -- Enter America : the anti-opium campaign of the US government -- The Shanghai Conference of 1909 and its impact -- 4. The beginnings of international drug control -- From principle to policy -- Evaluating the early drug control system -- Domestic drug control -- 5. The post-war international drug control regime -- The United Nations and drug control -- The post-war model : prohibition victory? -- Rebellion and division within the drug control system -- 6. Trends in drug consumption -- The knowledge gap -- Patterns of controlled drug use -- Consumption dynamics in the 2000s.
7. Trends in cultivation and production -- Supply controls phase 1 : opiates, supply reduction and the rise of the Golden Triangle -- Supply controls phase 2 : supply expansion and the Golden Crescent -- Coca and cocaine -- The manufacture and supply of other controlled drugs -- The traffic in and traffickers of controlled drugs -- 8. Accounting for failure : the problem of prohibition -- The limits of prohibition -- The economics of the drug trade -- 9. Accounting for failure 2 : institutions and policy -- Alternative development -- Research : a hostile environment -- Demand-side neglect -- By way of a conclusion : institutional crisis and decline -- 10. The political impact of drugs and drug control -- The importance of state presence -- Anti-drug responses : more harm than good? -- United States : the heart of the problem -- Full circle : more harm than good? -- 11. HIV/AIDS and intravenous drug use -- The epidemiology of HIV/AIDS -- The rise of the post-Soviet drug problem -- IDU-related sub-epidemics : the global picture -- From IDUs to broader infection -- Conclusion -- 12. International drug control and HIV/AIDS -- Harm reduction and injecting drug use -- Injecting drug use and prisons -- Opposition to harm reduction -- A problem caused by drug control? -- Conclusion. 13. Cultivation and drug production : the environmental costs -- The greening of the drugs issue -- The environmental costs of narcotic plant cultivation -- Drug production and the environment -- Drugs and the environment : a credible debate? -- Conclusion -- 14. Anti-drug policies and the environment : the role of chemical fumigation -- US fumigation strategies in historical context : the Mexican experience -- Contemporary fumigation strategies : Plan Colombia -- The impact of chemical fumigation with Glyphosate -- The politics of fumigation -- By way of a conclusion -- 15. The new magic bullet : bio-control solutions -- The evolution of the mycoherbicide strategy -- The Fusarium debate -- The direction of mycoherbicide research -- The politics of mycoherbicides -- The challenge of US unilateralism -- Conclusion -- 16. A note on hemp -- A brief history of hemp -- The economic causes of hemp's decline -- The political causes of hemp's decline -- The contemporary hemp revolution -- Conclusion -- By way of a conclusion. |
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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