Drug Control: Violating Human Rights?
In: Human Rights and Drug Control : The False Dichotomy
In: Human Rights and Drug Control : The False Dichotomy
In: Le règlement pacifique des différends internationaux en Europe: perspectives d'avenir / The peaceful settlement of international disputes in Europe: future prospects, S. 145-156
In: Microbial Food Safety in Animal Agriculture, S. 57-64
In: Opium RegimesChina, Britain, and Japan, 1839-1952, S. 270-289
Traces the origins & the organizational logic of Alcoholics Anonymous & the proliferation of its ideology through non-drug-related 12-step groups. The resonance of the 12-step ideology is explained as a consequence of the collapse of traditional communities & cosmologies that has left individuals without sustaining cultures or stable identities to help regulate their desire. This collapse is registered by the conflict between the need for self-control & the increasing incentives for indulgence offered by the culture of mass consumption. The notion of addiction is interpreted as a convenient catch-all phrase that identifies all manners of human troubles from within the 12-step ideology. It is concluded that 12-step groups have become a sort of kinship network that lends meaning to individuals from far-flung, fragmented families & provides a buffer against the churning currents of postmodern society. D. M. Smith
A discussion of political violence in Colombia looks at institutional stability; the characteristics of escalating violence; the relationship between the armed forces & right-wing guerrillas; & the chances for peace. It is argued that the absence of strong collective ethnic, linguistic, religious, or ideological identities suggests that a generalized civil war is unlikely; however, the increasing social imbalance could cause a partial collapse of the state in both the political & economic realms. The "negative stalemate" that exists between the armed forces & guerrillas is described, along with the characteristics of paramilitary groups, death squads, & self-defense groups; & attempts to unify all self-defense groups under a national organization of contra-guerrillas. The current tendency toward the privatization of war & citizen security is discussed to argue that it implies a loss of governmental control over both arms & justice. It is contended that Colombia has become a problem for the international community because of the unremitting increase in violence, human rights abuses, corruption, the drug trade, & environmental destruction. Prospects for the future are discussed. J. Lindroth
A discussion of political violence in Colombia looks at institutional stability; the characteristics of escalating violence; the relationship between the armed forces & right-wing guerrillas; & the chances for peace. It is argued that the absence of strong collective ethnic, linguistic, religious, or ideological identities suggests that a generalized civil war is unlikely; however, the increasing social imbalance could cause a partial collapse of the state in both the political & economic realms. The "negative stalemate" that exists between the armed forces & guerrillas is described, along with the characteristics of paramilitary groups, death squads, & self-defense groups; & attempts to unify all self-defense groups under a national organization of contra-guerrillas. The current tendency toward the privatization of war & citizen security is discussed to argue that it implies a loss of governmental control over both arms & justice. It is contended that Colombia has become a problem for the international community because of the unremitting increase in violence, human rights abuses, corruption, the drug trade, & environmental destruction. Prospects for the future are discussed. J. Lindroth