Not Just a Matter of Criminal Justice: States,Institutions, and North American Drug Policy |
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Authors: | Benoit Ellen |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Sociology, Sarah Lawrence College, One Mead Way, Bronxville, New York, 10708 |
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Abstract: | This article proposes a theoretical approach to illicit-drug policy that emphasizes politics and institutions, as an alternative to dominant perspectives emphasizing social control. After revealing conceptual links between drug-control policies and those of social provision, I describe a typology of drug policies based on the division of labor among the institutions responsible for implementing the legislated agenda. I then develop a theoretical argument that approaches drug policy as social policy, employing concepts of institutional reach and policy linkages. In the concluding section I use this approach to compare drug policies in the United States and Canada after 1980. |
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Keywords: | drug policy welfare states institutions United States Canada |
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