Cops, Soldiers, and Diplomats

Explaining Agency Behavior in the War on Drugs

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Cops, Soldiers, and Diplomats is an exceptionally clear exposition of bureaucratic behavior amongst various agencies as each responded to the challenges of the War on Drugs. Chapter by chapter, author Tony Payan exposes the bureaucratic imperatives of the numerous agencies waging the drug war, uncovering some of the fundamental structural reasons why this war could not succeed within the United States: fragmentation, competition, duplication, jealousy, turf-wars, information hiding, and ultimate failure. Payan's work will be certain to find an audience with politicians and policy makers, students of sociology and criminology, and any one interested in the drug war.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-01-26
Mått153 x 227 x 18 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor220
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739120644

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Scholars tend to talk a great deal more about bureaucratic politics than they investigate the implications of this model for policy outcomes in particular policy areas. Tony Payan has done an excellent job of elaborating the model of bureaucratic politics and then applying it to the War on Drugs in the United States. The manuscript is thoroughly researched and is an important contribution to the literature on policy making and bureaucracy. I recommend it to every scholar, and every practitioner, concerned with how government actually functions.