Canada has received significant attention of late for initiating a
government-sponsored medical marijuana program and for its
flirtation with marijuana decriminalization. At best, these
initiatives have contributed to Canada being seen as a reluctant
ally by Washington, and, at worst, as a potential threat. The
result of this impression is increasing American pressure to adopt
more robust domestic security policies. At the same time, the
Canadian public sees itself as holding unique values that differ
from those held by its neighbour to the south. Supposedly these
values are best reflected by a distinctive security outlook which
produces reasonable responses to potential threats, a sharp
contrast to the manic actions of the United States.
Chasing Dragons challenges these presumptions of difference and
exposes the security politics and policy that they make possible.
Focusing on the issues surrounding illicit drugs, Kyle Grayson
examines how discourses and practices of security policy actually
contribute to the construction of Canadian national and cultural
identity. This analysis is also relevant beyond Canada. Crucially,
this book identifies the dangers of underestimating the centrality
of race and geopolitics to civic conceptions of nationality in
liberal societies.
Chasing Dragons reconsiders the meaning of security.
Additionally, it discusses avenues for resisting the insecurity
produced by liberal states in the post-9/11 world. This critical
approach reveals the pervasiveness of power in contemporary
Canadian society, how this power is hidden, and the consequences
for progressive social politics.
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