Historique
Chapitre
Modernity and anti-modernity: drug policy and political culture in the United States and Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Auteur(s) :
COURTWRIGHT, D. T. ;
HICKMAN, T. A.
Année
2011
Page(s) :
213-224
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
978-1-4094-0543-6
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
;
EUROPE
Thésaurus mots-clés
POLITIQUE
;
CULTUREL
;
HISTOIRE
;
PROHIBITION
Résumé :
We learn from Courtwright and Hickman how religious and conservatiye-populist ambivalence about modernity in the US lay at the heart of the "culture war" of American drug policy and politics; punitive and stringent policy control should, therefore, be understood as a consequence of competitive moral politics. For Courtwright and Hickman the key dimensions of the US's drug response lies in the politics of the culture war - the rise of the religious right in American politics. They are not simply suggesting that it was because those espousing a conservative, religious rhetoric were elected to office that the US moved more and more towards a criminal-sanctions approach to drug problems. Rather, it was because many of the other issues that the right campaigned about (for example to recriminalize abortion), they could not actually deliver on. But, their voters could be appeased by a tough, law-and-order response to crime and drugs. Indeed, these approaches became so politically popular that not only the Republicans but also the Democrats found them to be strategically advantageous, engaging in a "drug-policy bidding war," enacting ever more punitive sanctions against drug possession and drug sales. [From the book's introduction]
Affiliation :
Univ. of North Florida, United States / Etats-Unis
Cote :
L01616