Handcuffs or Stethoscopes: A Cross-National Examination of the Influence that Political Institutions and Bureaucracy have on Public Policies Concerning Illegal Drugs

Handcuffs or Stethoscopes: A Cross-National Examination of the Influence that Political Institutions and Bureaucracy have on Public Policies Concerning Illegal Drugs

This dissertation attempts to explain why cross-national variation exists in government approaches to dealing with illegal drugs. As other scholars have shown, several domestic and international political factors do account for some of this variance. However less is known of the effect that burea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nilson, Chad
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UNO 2008
Subjects:
comparative public policy
drug policy
political institutions
bureaucratic dominance
law enforcement
harm reduction
drug treatment
drug prevention
Canada
United States
Austria
Netherlands
policy venues
political bargaining
intergovernmental relations
regime type
cameralism
electoral design
pluralism
corporatism
federalism
unitary governance
parliamentary democracy
presidentialism
bicameral legislatures
unicameral legislatures
proportional representation
single member districts
cooperative policymaking environments
competitive policymaking environments.
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