Drugs: Cultures, Controls and Everyday Life / Edition 1

by Nigel South

Overview

This authoritative overview of drugs and society today examines: whether a process of ‘normalization' of drugs and drug use is under way; the debate over prohibition versus legislation; ‘drugs' and ‘users' as ‘other' or ‘dangerous'; drugs and dance cultures; drug use among young women; images of ‘race' and drugs; medical responses to drugs; policing strategies and controlling drug users; drug control and sport; and the question of prohibition versus liberalization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761952343
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/23/1999
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION - Nigel South
Debating Drugs and Everyday Life
Normalization, Prohibition and 'Otherness'
PART TWO: CULTURES: FORMS AND REPRESENTATIONS
Dances with Drugs - Harry Shapiro
Pop Music, Drugs and Youth Culture
Drugs and Culture - Sheila Henderson
The Question of Gender
White Lines - Karim Murji
Culture, ‘Race' and Drugs
PART THREE: CONTROLS: POLICY, POLICING AND PROHIBITION
Medicine, Custom or Moral Fibre - Susanne Mac Gregor
Policy Responses to Drug Misuse
Drugs and Policing in Europe - Nicholas Dorn and Maggy Lee
From Low Streets to High Places
Controlling Drugs in Sport - Ross Coomber
Contradictions and Complexity
Drugs as a Password and the Law as a Drug - Vincenzo Ruggiero
Discussing the Legalization of Illicit Substances
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
Taking Tea with Noel - Michael Shiner and Tim Newburn
The Place and Meaning of Drug Use in Everyday Life

Editorial Reviews

‘This book contributes with authority to current debates on drug issues. It gives an overview of how we got here with insights to a future where positions may be less polarised.... Its interdisciplinary approach and cogent discussion make it useful for those wanting either an introductory text or new perspectives....This light paperback is packed with invaluable reading and references. It will resonate with anyone with an interest in drug use and Britain today' - Drug Link

‘This a timely and cogently argued set of essays' The British Journal of Sociology

‘Overall this is a timely and much needed volume with many of the contributions seemingly worthy in their own right. It provides an excellent overview of some of the most important and pressing issues in this area. Whilst the issue of drugs and drug consumption may be an expanding area of research, good literature in this area is surprisingly hard to come by. This book will provide an excellent resource for both lectures and students who are interested in these issues' - Sociology

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