Drug policies and the politics of drugs in the Americas. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar, Thiago Rodrigues.
• Editors: Labate, Beatriz Caiuby; Cavnar, Clancy; Rodrigues, Thiago
• Contents: Coletta A. Youngers, Foreword: From Drug Prohibition to Reform.- Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar and Thiago Rodrigues, Introduction: Drugs and Politics in the Americas: A Laboratory for Analysis.- Thiago Rodrigues and Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Prohibition and the War on Drugs in the Americas: An Analytical Approach.- Benjamin T. Smith, Public Drug Policy and Grey Zone Pacts in Mexico, 1920-1980.- Amanda Feilding and Juan Fernández Ochoa, Drug Policy in Guatemala: Constraints and Opportunities.- Ana Isabel Jácome and Carla Alvarez Velasco, Ecuador: The Evolution of Drug Policies in the Middle of the World.- Rodrigo Uprimny and Diana Esther Guzmán, Seeking Alternatives to Repression: Drug Policies and the Rule of Law in Colombia.- Andrés Antillano, Verónica Zubillaga and Keymer Ávila, Revolution and Counter-Reform: The Paradoxes of Drug Policy in Bolivarian Venezuela.- Aldo F. Ponce, From Freedom to Repression and Violence: The Evolution of Drug Policy in Peru.- Thomas Grisaffi, Social Control in Bolivia: A Humane Alternative to the Forced Eradication of Coca Crops.- R. Alejandro Corda and Diana Rossi, History and Changes of the Drug Policy in Argentina.- Thiago Rodrigues and Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Brazilian Drug Policy: Tension Between Repression and Alternatives.- Guillermo Garat, Uruguay: A Way to Regulate the Cannabis Market.- Jahlani A. H. Niaah, Ganja Terrorism and the Healing of the Nation.- Steve Rolles, From Drug War to Policy Reform: Implications of US Drug Strategy for Latin America.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (265 pages)
• Subjects: 363.45098; Law; Drug control -- Latin America; Drug abuse -- Latin America; Comparative politics; Psychopharmacology; Law_xPsychological aspects; Political Science -- General; Law -- International; Medical -- Psychiatry -- Psychopharmacology; Psychology -- Applied Psychology; Comparative politics; International criminal law; Psychopharmacology; Criminal or forensic psychology; International law
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319290829
• Related ISBNs: 9783319290805
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.