Drugs and Democracy In Search of New Directions,9780522848915

Drugs and Democracy In Search of New Directions

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ISBN13: 9780522848915
ISBN10: 0522848915
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-02-29
Publisher(s): Melbourne University Press
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Summary

Examines Australia's attempts to control illegal drugs and discusses how strategies could be improved. Gives an overview of illicit drugs in Australia and the history and politics of prohibition. Discusses topics such as the global heroin and cocaine trade, drug trafficking in SE Asia, impacts of drugs on social and political life, law enforcement and accountability and harm reduction. Includes statistics, references, a bibliography and an index. Contributors are academics and professional in fields such as criminology, medicine and social and political theory.

Author Biography

Professor Geoffrey Stokes heads the Centre for Democracy at the University of Queensland.
Dr Peter Chalk works for the RAND Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Karen Gillen is a postgraduate student in anthropology at the University of Queensland.

Table of Contents

Preface viii
Contributors ix
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction: Broadening the Political Agenda 1(14)
Australia in the World and Region
The Global Heroin and Cocaine Trade
15(21)
Peter Chalk
Drug Trafficking in South-East Asia: Security Issues
36(21)
John McFarlane
Illicit Drugs in Australia: An Overview
57(28)
Paddy Mahony
Illicit Drugs and Australian Democracy
The History and Politics of Prohibition
85(15)
David Brereton
Balancing Individual Rights and Community Norms
100(14)
Andrew Parkin
Impacts upon Social and Political Life
114(13)
John Broome
Policy Responses
Evaluating the National Drug Strategy
127(12)
Timothy Rohl
The National Drug Strategy: A Safe Set of Words?
139(10)
David Crosbie
Harm Reduction
149(14)
Ann Roche
Keith Evans
Law Enforcement and Accountability
163(20)
Adam Sutton
Stephen James
Developing More Effective Responses
183(51)
Alex Wodak
Conclusion
201(10)
Appendices
I International and Regional Control Bodies
211(5)
II Selected Australian Statistics
216(18)
References 234(13)
Index 247

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