Anti-drugs policies of the European Union : transnational decision-making and the politics of expertise / Martin Elvins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elvins, Martin, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug control--European Union countries.

Drug control.

Transnational crime--European Union countries.

Transnational crime.

Drug abuse--Government policy--European Union countries.

Drug abuse.

Drug abuse--European Union countries--Prevention.

Drug abuse--Government policy.

European Union countries--Politics and government.

European Union countries.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xxii, 227 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

This book is the first to trace the evolution of anti-drugs policies at European Union level from the late 1960s to the present. Phases of drug policy development, key policy actors and institutions are described with particular reference to the influence of transnational networks of expertise. Policy development is placed in the context of both European integration and a broad harmonization of international policies against drug trafficking. Concerns are also raised about secretive and anti-democratic features on intergovernmental EU decision-making.

Contents:

Part I State Sovereignty, Drug Trafficking and Global Change 7

2 Transnational Threat in the 'Globalized' Era 9

Sovereignty under threat? 12

Transnational drug trafficking: something old, something new? 16

Globalizing discourse and insecurity 18

3 The Evolution of International Drug Control Policy 24

Drugs and morality 26

The impact of what the bishop saw 28

The UN as catalyst 30

Altered states: drug markets and sanctions since 1988 33

4 Networks, Expertise and International Governance 41

A new transgovernmental order? 42

International soft law 46

Why a different theoretical perspective is needed 49

5 Epistemic Communities 51

Definition of an epistemic community 53

Why epistemic communities emerge 54

Questions of causation 55

What is unique about an epistemic community? 57

Uncertainty, interpretation and institutionalization 59

Applying the epistemic communities model 60

Part II The Convergence of European Drug Enforcement Policies 65

6 Europe and Drugs: An Introduction 67

Origins of European integration 67

Illegal drugs as a European issue 69

Trevi and Schengen 72

Drug policies in wider context 74

A new institutional framework: the European Union 76

7 MAG, Trevi, CELAD and the Pre-EU Blueprint for Policy-Making on Drugs 82

Trevi, the '1992' programme and Schengen 84

Trevi and drugs from 1985 86

Drugs and frontiers: Trevi as a normative framework 90

Origins of a new 'political will' to fight drugs in Europe 91

CELAD and the European drug action plans after 1989 92

Summary: comparing Trevi and CELAD 96

8 European Drug Policy and Maastricht: New Momentum, Familiar Priorities 100

Drugs and the TEU 101

Emergence of Europol 113

Origins and role of the EMCDDA 118

9 Expert Influence and EU Drugs Policy, 1993-1999 123

The Madrid Experts' report 126

New political momentum: the 1996 Irish Presidency 130

Cross-pillar coordination, third pillar priorities 134

10 EU Drug Policy-Making under the Amsterdam Treaty 140

Drugs and the Treaty of Amsterdam 141

The European Union Drugs Strategy 2000-2004 147

Case study 1 EU drug expert missions to the Caribbean, Latin America and Central Asia (1996-1997) 152

Case study 2 The handling of drugs issues during the 1998 UK Presidency of the EU 163

12 Experts, Technocracy and European Drug Enforcement Policies 171

Epistemic communities 173

Technocratic legitimacy 175

13 Drugs, the State and the Political System of the European Union 178

Drug enforcement as a European political project 179

Anti-drugs enforcement and the politics of expediency 182

Appendix Participants in EU Drug Expert Missions 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-220) and index.

ISBN:

0333982134

OCLC:

51728754