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Hegemony and Humanitarian Norms: The U.S. Legitimation of Toxic Violence

Journal of World-Systems Research, 2015
Despite widespread beliefs that the United States has not used chemical weapons since the distant past of World War I, this study suggests a more complicated history by examining U.S.
Eric Bonds
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Deconstructing Carmona: The U.S. War on Drugs and Black Men as Non-Citizens [PDF]

, 2013
Article published in the VaLaw U.Law ...
Betts, Reginald Dwayne, Gilmore, Brian G.   +1 more
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Colombia, the Drug Wars and the Politics of Drug Policy Displacement – from La Violencia to UNGASS 2016

Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2021
This article breaks new conceptual ground by questioning orthodox interpretations of nation state agency in the global drug wars. Specifically, it challenges the David vs.
John Collins, Karen Torres Alarcón
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The Educational Nexus to the War on Drugs: A Systematic Review

Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2020
The war on drugs has had a heavy impact on educational settings, yet to date the fields of education in emergencies and comparative and international education have largely overlooked it.
Rodríguez-Gómez, Diana, Bermeo, Maria Jose   +1 more
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Mexico’s Long War on Drugs: Past and Present Failures of a Punitive Approach to Drugs

Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2022
The aim of this policy commentary is two-fold. First, to examine new historical research regarding the political, cultural, and social drivers informing the design and implementation of Mexico’s ‘war on drugs’ – a set of state policies centered on ...
Gema Kloppe-Santamaria
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The Unresolved History and Genealogy of Forced Displacement in Mexico

Íconos, 2016
This article reconstructs symbolic elements and practices that underline the recent dispute over the characterization and nature of “forced displacement” in Mexico.
Carolina Robledo Silvestre
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The ‘Real Man’ in the Global War on Drugs: Narco versus Militarised Masculinities

Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2022
Drawing on a discursive analysis of the life stories of thirty-three men who worked in drug trade organisations in Mexico, this article examines how masculinities are constructed in their narratives, and how these constructions mirror militarised ...
Karina García-Reyes
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Barack Obama Administration and the “war on drugs”

Meridiano 47, 2017
This article analyzes USA international drug policy and aims to understand if there were changes during Barack Obama administration. In order to do so, initially it presents a brief historical, then the focus is on Obama administration planning and ...
Livia Peres Milani
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Bad Trip: Drug Prohibition and the Weakness of Public Policy [PDF]

, 1994
The case against prohibition is overwhelming precisely because so many different types of considerations all point to a single solution: the legalization of illicit drugs.
Barnett, Randy E
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Social construction of drug policies and target populations: U.S. Policy and media discourse

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Sociologica, 2017
In this review, we discuss the historical changes in U.S. drug policy discourse, institutional racism, and the social construction of target populations in media discourse.
Jonathan Langner, Anna Zajicek
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