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Power, Ideology, and the War on Drugs - Nothing Succeeds Like Failure (Hardcover, New)
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Power, Ideology, and the War on Drugs - Nothing Succeeds Like Failure (Hardcover, New)
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Given the apparent failure of the War on Drugs to eliminate or even
substantially decrease the use, sale, and trafficking of drugs, and
given the negative social consequences of a Prohibition-like
enforcement strategy, scholars and policy makers have often
wondered why the administration continues to follow its policy of
criminalization and enforcement. In Power, Ideology, and the War on
Drugs, criminologist Christina Jacqueline Johns demonstrates that
while the War on Drugs has been a failure in some respects, it has
been highly successful in others. The War on Drugs has, for
example, --diverted attention from severe social problems in the
United States; --made drugs appear to be a cause of social ills
rather than a symptom of social failures; --helped to legitimate a
virtual abandonment of the lower class; --diverted attention from
dangerous legal drugs which have been culturally and economically
integrated into the society; --masked the fact that even the
well-off are so alienated that they rely on illegal or legal drugs
for support; --legitimated a vast expansion of U.S. state power and
a consequent erosion of civil liberties and constitutional
guarantees; and --legitimated further projections of state power
into the internal affairs of Latin America. Because there has been
an almost unquestioning acceptance of drug war policy, the
literature on the subject frequently fails to focus adequately on
the ineffectiveness of the policy to accomplish its stated goal,
the heightened social costs brought about by a war strategy, the
socioeconomic context of drug use and drug trafficking, and the
wider political implications of the policy. Johns discusses these
issues at length, as well as the spurious argument that drug
trafficking is a threat to democracy in Latin America. Research for
Power, Ideology, and the War on Drugs is based on information
collected from domestic and Latin American publications, government
reports, current social science research, and the findings of the
Latin American Critical Criminology group. This important new look
at the War on Drugs will interest policy makers, scholars, and
students in criminology, sociology, political science, and Latin
American studies.
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