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Article de Périodique
The empirical war on drugs [Commentary] (2013)
Auteur(s) :
VITELLONE, N.
Année
2013
Page(s) :
182-188
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
RECHERCHE
;
METHODE
;
SOCIOLOGIE
;
ETUDE QUALITATIVE
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
POLITIQUE
Résumé :
In a special issue of the journal Addictions (1995) academics, researchers and health care professionals debated the status of the empirical in socially orientated drugs research. A number of researchers noted that our knowledge and understanding of drugs and drug users has changed significantly since the 1990s. Post AIDS this shift is identified as a consequence of the development of qualitative research methods. The qualitative turn in drugs research has involved a shift away from traditional epidemiological approaches and the pursuit of more socially focused methods. Whilst qualitative research has yielded important empirical data on risk behavior the pursuit of these methods has not been without controversy. In addressing the debate on methods in the drugs field this article investigates the effects of social science methods for research on injecting drug use. In so doing I examine what counts and what gets left out of research on injecting behaviour. Drawing on Actor Network Theory (ANT) I suggest Bruno Latour's methodological approach offers critical insights for addressing the empirical objects of injecting drug use.
Affiliation :
University of Liverpool, School of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, Liverpool, UK
Cote :
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