The Political Economy of Narcotics: Production, Consumption And Global Markets - Couverture rigide

Buxton, Julia

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1842774468 ISBN 13 : 9781842774465

Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

For nearly a century, regimes around the world have upheld a prohibitionist stance toward narcotics. The US has led this global consensus, enforcing recognition of international narcotics conventions and laws. Vast resources are pumped into the 'war on drugs'. But in practice, prohibition has been an abject failure. Narcotics use continues to rise, while technology and globalisation have made a whole new range of drugs available to a vast consumer market. Where wealth and demand exist, supply continues to follow. Prohibition has failed to stem consumption and production, criminalised social groups, impeded research into alternative medicine and disease, promoted violence and gang warfare, and impacted negatively on the environment. The alternative is a humane policy framework that recognises the incentives to produce, traffic and consume narcotics.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr Julia Buxton is Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for International Cooperation and Security in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, UK. Her research field covers Latin American politics; conflict prone societies and regional capacities in democracy promotion and conflict resolution. She was an International Election Observer in Venezuela in 1998 and 2000.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zed Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1842774468
• ISBN 13: 9781842774465
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
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