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Drug Policy Constellations

The Role of Power and Morality in the Making of Drug Policy in the UK

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Buch | Softcover
192 Seiten
2025
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-3142-7 (ISBN)
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Drawing on the author's participation in high-level policy discussions, this book presents three key issues in UK illicit drug policy medical cannabis, drug-related deaths and the government's 10-year drug strategy.
How is UK drugs policy made, and why does it so often seem irrational when considering what works in reducing drug-related harms?


This book explains how the concept of drug policy constellations – the loosely concerted policy actors with shared moral commitments that influenced policy outcomes – explains why there is no such thing as 'evidence-based' drug policy. Drawing on his participation in high-level policy discussions, and a novel approach to policy analysis, Stevens presents three recent cases involving key issues in UK illicit drug policy – medical cannabis, drug-related deaths and the government’s 10-year drug strategy.

Alex Stevens is Professor in Criminal Justice at the University of Kent.

1. An Introduction to Drug Policy Constellations


Part I: Contexts, Concepts and Methods for Studying Drug Policy Constellations


2. Facts and Narratives of the UK Drug Policy Context


3. Power and Morality in Policy Making


4. Policy Constellation: A Critical Realist Approach


5. Studying Policy Constellations in the Real World


Part II: Morality and Power in UK Drug Policy Constellations


6. Moralities in Action: The Ethico-Political Bases of UK Drug Policy


7. Mapping UK Drug Policy Constellations


8. Power in UK Drug Policy Constellations


Part III: Cases in Drug Policy Making in the UK


9. The Legalisation of Medical Cannabis


10. Responses to the Drug Deaths Crisis: Explaining Differences at UK and Scottish Levels


11. The UK’s Ten-Year Drug Strategy


12. A Retroductive Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.7.2025
Zusatzinfo Not illustrated
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Studium Querschnittsbereiche Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
ISBN-10 1-5292-3142-6 / 1529231426
ISBN-13 978-1-5292-3142-7 / 9781529231427
Zustand Neuware
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