The Politics of Sin: Drugs, Alcohol and Public Policy

by Kenneth J. Meier

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563242984
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/1994
Series:	Bureaucracies, Public Administration, and Public Policy Series
Edition description:	REI
Pages:	279
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

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;

Editorial Reviews

Makes both an empirical and a methodological contribution to political science. Shows how three distinct approaches to policy analysis that are generally used separately--descriptive and quantitative historical and cross-sectional quantitative--complement each other when used together. Also offers an assessment of the US policy on alcohol and illicit drugs concluding, among other things, that there is no rational policy and probably will never be. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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