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Title: | Governing drug use through partnerships: Towards a genealogy of government/non-government relations in drug policy | Contributor(s): | Thomas, Natalie (author) ; Bull, Melissa (author); Dioso-Villa, Rachel (author); Smith, Catrin (author) | Publication Date: | 2016 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.11.002 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20490 | Abstract: | Drug policy in Australia is underpinned by the idea of partnerships wherein the non-government sector is one important partner in both delivering services and contributing to policy and decision-making processes. This article presents a genealogy of the concept of government/non-government 'partner-ships', tracing its emergence and development within drug policy discourse in Australia. We find that the rise of neo-liberal policies since the 1980s has been a key factor facilitating the emergence of government/non-government 'partnerships' rhetoric in drug policy. Since the 1980s, the role of nongovernment organisations (NGOs) in drug policy has been articulated in relation to 'community' responsibilisation in contrast to the welfarist reliance on expert intervention. We link the rise of this rhetoric with the neo-liberal turn to governing through community and the individualisation of social problems. Furthermore, although we find that governments on the whole have encouraged the service delivery and policy work of NGOs at least in policy rhetoric, the actions of the state have at times limited the ability of NGOs to perform advocacy work and contribute to policy. Constraints on NGO drug policy work could potentially compromise the responsiveness of drug policy systems by limiting opportunities for innovative policy-making and service delivery. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | International Journal of Drug Policy, v.28, p. 34-42 | Publisher: | Elsevier BV | Place of Publication: | Netherlands | ISSN: | 1873-4758 0955-3959 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 440211 Police administration, procedures and practice | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 949999 Law, Politics and Community Services not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 239999 Other law, politics and community services not elsewhere classified | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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