Application of the policy constellations framework to the Polish drug policy over the past twenty-five years

Aplikacja ramy teoretycznej „policy constellations” do polskiego prawa i polityki narkotykowej na przestrzeni ostatnich 25 lat

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11617519
AutoresGreg Los (0000-0002-9455-2687, University of Brighton, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
FascículoXLIV/2
Páginas61-82
Data de publicação2023-03-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchiwum Kryminologii (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2719-4280 • E-ISSN: 0066-6890
EditoraPolish Scientific Publishers PWN (PUBLISHER • PL)
DOI10.7420/ak2022.07
OpenAlexW4401233618
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas21

Background: The aim of this paper is to explain change and continuity in the Polish drug policy over the past 25 years using the policy constellations framework (Stevens, Zampini 2018). Method: The policy constellations framework is applied to explain Poland’s adoption of solutions based on prohibition in the year 2000, and later from 2008 to 2016, in the context of novel psychoactive substances. The data comes from in-depth interviews with stakeholders (N = 18), including NGO workers, former ministers, government officials, journalists, a former police superintendent and a criminologist. Conclusion: The Polish drug policy is not a natural outcome of events, but it rather reflects moral preferences and material interests (e.g., the desire to reproduce political capital) of the dominant groups involved in shaping the drug policy

Constellation · Political science · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · History · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses