The Politics of Drug Control

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. The Global Politics of Drug Control

   • Mandy Bentham

   Pages 1-27

3. The Scope and Nature of the Drug Phenomenon

   • Mandy Bentham

   Pages 28-58

4. A History of Drug Use: The Dynamics of Change

   • Mandy Bentham

   Pages 59-88

5. The United Nations and International Drug Control

   • Mandy Bentham

   Pages 89-118

6. Keep off the Grass: Drug Norms and International Relations

   • Mandy Bentham

   Pages 119-139

7. The International Money-Laundering Control Regime

   • Mandy Bentham

   Pages 140-166

8. International Regimes and Drug Control in the 1990s

   • Mandy Bentham

   Pages 167-190

9. Back Matter

   Pages 191-243

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The Global Politics of Drug Control sets the drug problem into a theoretical framework which aids understanding of the phenomenon by focusing on changing international values and norms. In the early literature on drug use, drugs were considered primarily as a social problem and the focus was on seeking a national policy. However, in the 80s the problem was increasing, requiring international cooperation and action, bringing the concerned to the arena of international relations scholars. The book focuses on changing values and norms in the international community that allow the discipline of international relations to add something new to the current debate on the subject. This book should appeal to all those interested in the current discussions on the drug phenomenon as well as to students and academics in the area of international relations and related disciplines.

• community
• international relations
• Nation
• nature
• Policy
• politics
• United Nations

MANDY BENTHAM is a Lecturer in the Department of Systems Science, City University, London.

Policies and ethics