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  • The Politics of Partnership: The Role of Non-Government Organisations in Australian Drug Policy

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    Author(s)
    Thomas, Natalie
    Primary Supervisor
    Bull, Melissa
    Smith, Catrin
    Other Supervisors
    Dioso-Villa, Rachel
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    The concepts of ‘partnership working’ and ‘intersectoral collaboration’ have become increasingly central to contemporary policy discourse on drugs and crime in Western liberal states, and the non-government sector now plays an integral role in the drug policy systems of many countries. Governments have actively sought to partner with non-government organisations in addressing drug problems and formulating effective drug policy. There has, however, been little empirical investigation of non-government policy work and their relationships with the bureaucratic state in the drugs field. This thesis responds to this gap by providing ...
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    The concepts of ‘partnership working’ and ‘intersectoral collaboration’ have become increasingly central to contemporary policy discourse on drugs and crime in Western liberal states, and the non-government sector now plays an integral role in the drug policy systems of many countries. Governments have actively sought to partner with non-government organisations in addressing drug problems and formulating effective drug policy. There has, however, been little empirical investigation of non-government policy work and their relationships with the bureaucratic state in the drugs field. This thesis responds to this gap by providing an account of the development of the idea of government/non-government ‘partnerships’ in the Australian drugs field, and presents new data on the broader role of non-government organisations in drug policy. Informed by governmentality and critical policy studies literature, this thesis adopts a qualitative approach that engages with three major sources of data: 1) Primary governmental documents including national and state and territory drug policy documents; 2) semi-structured interviews with 19 representatives from Australian non-government organisations; and 3) documents produced by non-government organisations.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    School
    School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/2611
    Copyright Statement
    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
    Subject
    Drug policy systems
    Drug policy, Government
    Drug policy, Non-Government
    Private Public Partnerships
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366598
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    • Theses - Higher Degree by Research

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