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Article de Périodique
Governance versus government: Drug consumption rooms in Australia and the UK (2014)
Auteur(s) :
ZAMPINI, G. F.
Année
2014
Page(s) :
978-984
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus mots-clés
SALLE DE CONSOMMATION A MOINDRE RISQUE
;
POLITIQUE
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
ETUDE DE CAS
Thésaurus géographique
AUSTRALIE
;
ROYAUME-UNI
Résumé :
Aim: To evaluate, through a case study, the extent to which elements of governance and elements of government are influential in determining the implementation or non-implementation of a drugs intervention.
Methods: Comparative analysis of the case of a drug consumption room in the UK (England) and Australia (New South Wales), including 16 semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders and analysis of relevant documents according to characteristic features of governance and government (power decentralisation, power centralisation, independent self-organising policy networks, use of evidence, top-down steering/directing, legislation).
Results: Characteristic features of both governance and government are found in the data. Elements of governance are more prominent in New South Wales, Australia than in England, UK, where government prevails. Government is seen as the most important actor at play in the making, or absence, of drug consumption rooms.
Conclusions: Both governance and government are useful frameworks in conceptualising the policy process. The governance narrative risks overlooking the importance of traditional government structures. In the case of drug consumption rooms in the UK and Australia, a focus on government is shown to have been crucial in determining whether the intervention was implemented.
Highlights:
I establish theoretically informed characteristic features of governance and government.
I analyse the degree of influence of key governance and government features in the making of a drug policy intervention (drug consumption rooms in Australia and the UK).
Government, more so than governance, has a crucial role in establishing drug consumption rooms in Sydney, Australia.
Government has directly intervened against local initiatives to establish drug consumption rooms in the UK.
Methods: Comparative analysis of the case of a drug consumption room in the UK (England) and Australia (New South Wales), including 16 semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders and analysis of relevant documents according to characteristic features of governance and government (power decentralisation, power centralisation, independent self-organising policy networks, use of evidence, top-down steering/directing, legislation).
Results: Characteristic features of both governance and government are found in the data. Elements of governance are more prominent in New South Wales, Australia than in England, UK, where government prevails. Government is seen as the most important actor at play in the making, or absence, of drug consumption rooms.
Conclusions: Both governance and government are useful frameworks in conceptualising the policy process. The governance narrative risks overlooking the importance of traditional government structures. In the case of drug consumption rooms in the UK and Australia, a focus on government is shown to have been crucial in determining whether the intervention was implemented.
Highlights:
I establish theoretically informed characteristic features of governance and government.
I analyse the degree of influence of key governance and government features in the making of a drug policy intervention (drug consumption rooms in Australia and the UK).
Government, more so than governance, has a crucial role in establishing drug consumption rooms in Sydney, Australia.
Government has directly intervened against local initiatives to establish drug consumption rooms in the UK.
Affiliation :
Social Policy, University of Kent, UK
Cote :
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