Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Jatinder Singh, Gurinder Kaur

Dynamics of Drug Addiction and Abuse in India (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Drug addiction and abuse is a major socio-economic and political problem in India - both at the national level in general, and in North-Western India in particular. This book analyzes drug addiction and abuse from multiple perspectives and multiple locations in India,

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000931617
• Artikelnr.: 68694416

Autorenporträt

Ranjit Singh Ghuman is currently Professor of Eminence (Economics) at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Prior to that he was Nehru Chair Professor at CRRID, Chandigarh and Professor & head Economics Department at Punjabi University Patiala. He has published extensively on issues having socio-economic bearing. Development economics, rural and agricultural development, emerging water scarcity, international trade, drug menace and economic transformation and human rights are some of his special areas of interest. He has also been on the various academic and administrative committees and councils of various universities and committees and commissions of the government of Punjab.

Jatinder Singh is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh. He obtained his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and M.Phil from Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Trivandrum. His research areas include Foreign Direct Investment, Technology Development and Industrialisation in India. He has published extensively. He has completed six research projects funded by various national agencies and governments. He has worked in different capacities with various organisations including CDS, Trivandrum; Centre for World Trade Organization Studies, New Delhi; University of Delhi, New Delhi; and National University of Education Planning and Administration (NUEPA), New Delhi.

Gurinder Kaur is Assistant Professor at a reputed ICSSR research institute, Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh, India. She is PhD in Anthropology from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Her academic training is in social anthropology and research interest in medical anthropology, particularly critical medical anthropology. Her research focuses on medical pluralism, cultural connotations of health and illness, social biography of drug addiction and structural and institutional factors influencing health and illness. She has published research articles in edited books and journals and has a book on religion and health: narratives on faith healing.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Scope and methodology 3. Trends and Patterns of Drug
Addiction in India: Revelations from Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic
Substances (NDPS) Act 4. Social and Economic Profile of Drug addicts and
their households 5. Growing up with intoxicants and drugs: Revelations by
households of addicts 6. Prevalence of drugs among the addicts: Types,
sources and experiences 7. Social and economic costs of drug addiction and
abuse 8. Community perception about drug addiction and abuse 9. Main
findings and policy recommendations