Kenneth J. Meier

The Politics of Sin

Drugs, Alcohol and Public Policy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work demonstrates the value of a multi-method approach to public policy analysis, arguing that descriptive historical studies, quantitative historical studies and cross-sectional quantitative studies are essentially compatible.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781563242991
• ISBN-10: 1563242990
• Artikelnr.: 22378742

Autorenporträt

Kenneth J. Meier

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Politics and Morality Policies: A Theory; Chapter 2 The Policy
History of Government Antidrug Efforts: Or, "It's Déjà Vu All Over Again";
Chapter 3 Reefer Madness: A Quantitative Historical Analysis of Drug
Enforcement Policy; Chapter 4, and were not examined in that article;
Chapter 5 A Historical Review of Public Policies Regarding Alcohol; Chapter
6 One for the Road: A Quantitative Historical Analysis of U.S. Alcohol
Policies; Chapter 7. All the dependent variables except for drunk driving
laws have been updated. Several new dependent variables have been added.
The independent variables in that article were adapted to fit the theory
used in this book. Special thanks go to Cathy M. Johnson for her
contribution to the original article. Her insights deserve credit for the
findings here; I retain the blame for the changes I have made. In the
update several relationships changed; that should be a lesson to those who
seek to replicate their own work; Chapter 8 The Politics of Sin;