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Könyv Chasing Dragons Kyle Grayson

Chasing Dragons

Security, Identity, and Illicit Drugs in Canada

Szerző: Kyle Grayson
Nyelv: Angol
Kötés: Kemény kötésű
Kiadó: University Of Toronto Press
Elérhetőség: 50 % esély
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Canada has received significant attention of late for initiating a government-sponsored medical mari...

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Szerző
Kyle Grayson
Nyelv
Angol
Kötés
Könyv - Kemény kötésű
Kiadva
2008
oldal
304
EAN
9780802092878
ISBN
080209287X
Enbook ID
04711332
Kiadó
University Of Toronto Press
Súly
640
Méretek
158 x 235 x 26

Teljes leírás

Canada has received significant attention of late for initiating a government-sponsored medical marijuana program and for its flirtation with marijuana decriminalization. At best, these initiatives have contributed to Canada being seen as a reluctant ally by Washington, and, at worst, as a potential threat. The result of this impression is increasing American pressure to adopt more robust domestic security policies. At the same time, the Canadian public sees itself as holding unique values that differ from those held by its neighbour to the south. Supposedly these values are best reflected by a distinctive security outlook which produces reasonable responses to potential threats, a sharp contrast to the manic actions of the United States. Chasing Dragons challenges these presumptions of difference and exposes the security politics and policy that they make possible. Focusing on the issues surrounding illicit drugs, Kyle Grayson examines how discourses and practices of security policy actually contribute to the construction of Canadian national and cultural identity. This analysis is also relevant beyond Canada. Crucially, this book identifies the dangers of underestimating the centrality of race and geopolitics to civic conceptions of nationality in liberal societies. Chasing Dragons reconsiders the meaning of security. Additionally, it discusses avenues for resisting the insecurity produced by liberal states in the post-9/11 world. This critical approach reveals the pervasiveness of power in contemporary Canadian society, how this power is hidden, and the consequences for progressive social politics.

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