Something's in the Air

• Utgivningsdatum: 2013-08-19
• Mått: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
• Vikt: 408 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 190
• Förlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• ISBN: 9780415842396

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• Etnicitet

Katherine Tate is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author and coauthor of several books, including most recently, What’s Going On? Political Incorporation and the Transformation of Black Public Opinion. James Lance Taylor is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Politics at the University of San Francisco. Taylor is the author of Black Nationalism in the United States: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama. Mark Q. Sawyer is Professor of African American Studies and Political Science at UCLA. He is the author of the award winning book, Racial Politics in Post Revolutionary Cuba, and co-editor of Just Neighbors?: Research on African Americans and Latino Relations in the United States.

"The racial injustices of the current war on drugs have received a lot more attention than the racial implications of policy reform. Something's in the Air: Race, Crime, and the Legalization of Marijuana is an exception. Focusing on marijuana policy, the contributors offer solid empirical investigations and a critical discussion of alternatives. This book is well-timed – change is in the air regarding marijuana policy. This collection, by taking nothing for granted, will encourage better drug-law policy making."—Doris Marie Provine, Arizona State University and author of Unequal under Law: Race and the War on Drugs"This is a rare volume, one that pulls together a broad array of perspectives and data on what is a highly contentious and contested issue. This volume highlights the complexities involved in legalization of marijuana, connecting this issue to areas related to the legalization of 'sin,' e.g. prostitution and gambling, as well as other areas of public life and policy such as education, which are confounded by race, class, and gender issues. This volume does not aim to resolve this debate, instead its purpose is to shed light on the competing actors and dimensions of the question, and this it does admirably."—James S. Jackson, Director of the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan"Something’s in the Air is an indispensable collection of essays providing trenchant analysis of the cultural politics of marijuana legalization in California—the very site where the decades long War on Drugs is perhaps beginning to unravel."—Travis Linnemann, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University

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