3 Sociopolitical Change and Cannabis Control
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David Brewster
Abstract
Chapter 3 provides historical context of sociopolitical culture and its intersection with cannabis control in respect of the two empirical cases of England & Wales and the Netherlands. Drawing on David Garland’s The Culture of Control, the chapter first explores the broader conditions supporting penal-welfarism and its relationship with manifestations of cannabis control. It then goes on to discuss the social, economic and political changes associated with a transition to late modernity and how each of the cases has adapted and reacted to these conditions in respect of cannabis policy. The chapter concludes by reflecting on control culture in comparative perspective and identifies a set of components – namely, structural relations and political culture – which form an important foundation for subsequent analysis chapters.
Abstract
Chapter 3 provides historical context of sociopolitical culture and its intersection with cannabis control in respect of the two empirical cases of England & Wales and the Netherlands. Drawing on David Garland’s The Culture of Control, the chapter first explores the broader conditions supporting penal-welfarism and its relationship with manifestations of cannabis control. It then goes on to discuss the social, economic and political changes associated with a transition to late modernity and how each of the cases has adapted and reacted to these conditions in respect of cannabis policy. The chapter concludes by reflecting on control culture in comparative perspective and identifies a set of components – namely, structural relations and political culture – which form an important foundation for subsequent analysis chapters.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of Tables iv
- About the Author v
- Acknowledgements vi
- Introduction 1
- Cannabis Policy in Global Perspective 17
- Sociopolitical Change and Cannabis Control 33
- Problematizing Cannabis 66
- The ‘Primeval Soup’ of Policy Proposals 86
- The Political Environment and Windows of Opportunity 105
- Beyond the National: Policy Negotiation, Resistance and Subversion 124
- Cultures of Cannabis Control 145
- Conclusions and Future Directions 164
- Appendix 176
- Notes 179
- References 184
- Index 215
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of Tables iv
- About the Author v
- Acknowledgements vi
- Introduction 1
- Cannabis Policy in Global Perspective 17
- Sociopolitical Change and Cannabis Control 33
- Problematizing Cannabis 66
- The ‘Primeval Soup’ of Policy Proposals 86
- The Political Environment and Windows of Opportunity 105
- Beyond the National: Policy Negotiation, Resistance and Subversion 124
- Cultures of Cannabis Control 145
- Conclusions and Future Directions 164
- Appendix 176
- Notes 179
- References 184
- Index 215
