Menu
Виж статуса на поръчката
Свържете се с нас
Книга Chasing Dragons Kyle Grayson

Chasing Dragons

Security, Identity, and Illicit Drugs in Canada

Автор: Kyle Grayson
Език: Английски език
Корици: С твърди корици
Издател: University Of Toronto Press
Наличност: 50% вероятност
Ще претърсим света
103.42 € 202.28 лв
Canada has received significant attention of late for initiating a government-sponsored medical mari...

Информация за книгата

Автор
Kyle Grayson
Език
Английски език
Корици
Книга - С твърди корици
Издадена
2008
страници
304
EAN
9780802092878
ISBN
080209287X
Enbook ID
04711332
Издател
University Of Toronto Press
Теглоt
640
Размери
158 x 235 x 26

Пълно описание

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.

Може също да ви хареса

Gentlemen, Gigolos & Gelato

Kathrin Murphy
17.33 € 33.88 лв

Civil Society - Old Images, New Visions

John Keane
23.45 € 45.87 лв

Beyond Rhythm Guitar

Simon Pratt
19.69 € 38.50 лв

How to Build Shipping Container Homes With Plans

John Davidson
14.41 € 28.19 лв

Wards Island

Rich Scholer
16.17 € 31.63 лв

The Numeral Paradox

A. G. Cooper
7.88 € 15.41 лв

Car Dancing

Debi Coccellato
23.86 € 46.66 лв

Coin Modeling

Samuel E Hales
54.65 € 106.88 лв

Democratic Governance and European Integration - Linking Societal and State Processes of Democracy

Ronald Holzhacker
171.44 € 335.30 лв

Romance of Teresa Hennert

Zofia Nałkowska
34.50 € 67.48 лв

Politics of Constructing the International Criminal Court

Michael J. Struett
59.37 € 116.12 лв

Too Fast

Douglas Maxwell
16.97 € 33.20 лв

Recent Trends in Physics of Material Science and Technology

Ford Lumban Gaol
158.03 € 309.07 лв

Emotional Intelligence

Daniel P Goleman
16.07 € 31.43 лв

Seven Elements That Have Changed The World

John Browne
15.52 € 30.35 лв

English in Mind Level 1 Classware CD-ROM Polish Exam Edition

Herbert PuchtaJeff StranksMilada KrajewskaAnita Lewicka
97.90 € 191.47 лв

Programmed Cell Death in Protozoa

Jose Perez-Martin
189.32 € 370.28 лв

Клиенти, които купиха тази книга, купиха също

Bei Dämmerung zu lesen

Michael Klein
27.32 € 53.44 лв

Au temps des premieres usines

pierre michel
11.10 € 21.70 лв

Plantas aromáticas gastronómicas

MARTIN MONTALBAN
19.69 € 38.50 лв

Argonauticon

Carl von Reifitz
60.62 € 118.57 лв

Der tertiäre Bildungssektor in Frankreich

Juliane Sikora
16.62 € 32.51 лв