Drug Wars And Coffeehouses

Author : David R. Mares
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drug Wars and Coffeehouses written by David R. Mares and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on political economic ideas and analysis, the author examines the reasons behind the lack of international concensus on the most effective methods for dealing with international drug production, distribution and trade.

Author : Arnold S. Trebach
Publisher : Unlimited Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781588321183
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Drug War written by Arnold S. Trebach and published by Unlimited Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely praised as a controversial but thoughtful alternative to drug control policies of its time, the first edition of The Great Drug War was released in 1987 by Macmillan Publishing. More than 20 years later, it is clear that the drug interdiction policies of the eighties and nineties failed, and that Trebach's alternative proposals deserve a new look from today's perspective. This new edition ... includes a new introduction covering more recent developments in the use of medical marijuana, the relationship between drug trafficking and terrorism, and other fresh new material, renewing an important book for a new generation of readers.

Author : Glenn Robinette
Publisher : graffiti militante
ISBN 13 : 0982078765
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE WAR ON COFFEE, Volume One written by Glenn Robinette and published by graffiti militante. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Glenn Robinette
Publisher : graffiti militante
ISBN 13 : 0982078749
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Drug Wars Fail, Volume One written by Glenn Robinette and published by graffiti militante. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Justin S. Vaughn
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472119583
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Czars in the White House written by Justin S. Vaughn and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Barack Obama entered the White House, he faced numerous urgent issues. Despite the citizens' demand for strong presidential leadership, President Obama, following a long-standing precedent for the development and implementation of major policies, appointed administrators--so-called policy czars--charged with directing the response to the nation's most pressing crises. Combining public administration and political science approaches to the study of the American presidency and institutional politics, Justin S. Vaughn and José D. Villalobos argue that the creation of policy czars is a strategy for combating partisan polarization and navigating the federal government's complexity. They present a series of in-depth analyses of the appointment, role, and power of various czars: the energy czar in the mid-1970s, the drug czar in the late 1980s, the AIDS czar in the 1990s, George W. Bush's trio of national security czars after 9/11, and Obama's controversial czars for key domestic issues. Laying aside inflammatory political rhetoric, Vaughn and Villalobos offer a sober, empirical analysis of what precisely constitutes a czar, why Obama and his predecessors used czars, and what role they have played in the modern presidency.

Author : William Avilés
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315456672
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Drug War in Latin America written by William Avilés and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mid-1980s subsequent US governments have promoted a highly militarized and prohibitionist drug control approach in Latin America. Despite this strategy the region has seen increasing levels of homicide, displacement and violence. Why did the militarization of U.S. drug war policies in Latin America begin and why has it continued despite its inability to achieve the stated targets? Are such policies simply intended to impose U.S. power or have elites in Latin America internalized this agenda as their own? Why did resistance to this approach emerge in the late-2000s and does this represent a challenge to the prohibitionist agenda? In this book William Avilés argues that if we are to understand and explain the militarization of the drug war in Latin America a ‘transnational grand strategy’, developed and implemented by networks of elites and state managers operating in a neoliberal, globalized social structure of accumulation, must be considered and examined.

Author : Matthew B. Robinson
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438448384
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics, Second Edition written by Matthew B. Robinson and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated edition that analyses how the Office of National Drug Control Policy employs statistics to misleadingly claim the War on Drugs is a success. First published in 2007, Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics critically analyzed claims made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the White House agency of accountability in the nation’s drug war since 1989, as found in the six editions of the annual National Drug Control Strategy between 2000 and 2005. In this revised and updated second edition of their critically acclaimed work, Matthew B. Robinson and Renee G. Scherlen examine seven more recent editions (2006–2012) to once again determine if ONDCP accurately and honestly presents information or intentionally distorts evidence to justify continuing the drug war. They uncover the many ways in which ONDCP manipulates statistics and visually presents that information to the public. Their analysis demonstrates a drug war that consistently fails to reduce drug use, drug fatalities, or illnesses associated with drug use; fails to provide treatment for drug-dependent users; and drives up the prices of drugs. They conclude with policy recommendations for reforming ONDCP’s use of statistics, as well as how the nation fights the war on drugs. Praise for the First Edition “Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics is surprisingly easy to read, and Robinson and Scherlen have done a huge favor not only to critics of current drug policy by compiling this damning critique of ONDCP claims, but also to anyone interested in how data is compiled, presented, and misused by bureaucrats attempting to guard their domains. It should be required reading for members of Congress.” — Drug War Chronicle Book Review “The authors have performed a valuable service to our democracy with their meticulous analysis of the White House ONDCP public statements and reports. They have pulled the sheet off what appears to be an official policy of deception using clever and sometimes clumsy attempts at statistical manipulation. This document, at last, gives us a map of the truth.” — Mike Gray, author of Drug Crazy: How We Got into This Mess and How We Can Get Out “Robinson and Scherlen make a valuable contribution to documenting how ONDCP fails to live up to basic standards of accountability and consistency.” — Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance

Author : Nilda M. Garcia
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000061590
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mexico's Drug War and Criminal Networks written by Nilda M. Garcia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexico's Drug War and Criminal Networks examines the effects of technology on three criminal organizations: the Sinaloa cartel, the Zetas, and the Caballeros Templarios. Using social network analysis, and analyzing the use of web platforms Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, Nilda M. Garcia provides fresh insights on the organizational network, the central nodes, and the channels through which information flows in these three criminal organizations. In doing so, she demonstrates that some drug cartels in Mexico have adopted the usage of social media into their strategies, often pursuing different tactics in the search for new ways to dominate. She finds that the strategic adaptation of social media platforms has different effects on criminal organization’s survivability. When used effectively, coupled with the adoption of decentralized structures, these platforms do increase a criminal organization’s survival capacity. Nonetheless, if used haphazardly, it can have the opposite effect. Drawing on the fields of criminology, social network analysis, international relations, and organizational theory and featuring a wealth of information about the drug cartels themselves, Mexico's Drug War and Criminal Networks will be a great source for all those interested in the presence, behavior, purposes, and strategies of drug cartels in their forays into social media platforms in Mexico and beyond.

Author : Sebastián Antonino Cutrona
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351814923
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenging the U.S.-Led War on Drugs written by Sebastián Antonino Cutrona and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction: The U.S. Counter-Narcotics Strategy in the Americas -- 1 The Emergence and Consolidation of the Standard Security Model: Exploring the Colombian Case -- 2 1983-1989: The Alfonsín Administration -- 3 1989-1999: The Menem Administration -- 4 1999-2015: The Kirchners' Administrations -- 5 The Drug Problem Today -- Conclusions: Lessons from Deviance -- Epilogue: The Macri Administration -- Index

Author : Jonathan D. Rosen
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438452993
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Losing War written by Jonathan D. Rosen and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical analysis of Plan Colombia, a multibillion dollar US counternarcotics initiative.