Essays about: "Alexander Carmler"

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  1. 1. Questioning the unquestionable : A normative study of the values, argumentation and logic of the Swedish drug policy

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Alexander Carmler; [2021]
    Keywords : drug policy; sweden; normative; values; logic; argumentation; internal validity; liberty; mill; narkotikapolitik; sverige; normativ; värden; logik; argumentation; intern validitet; frihet; mill;

    Abstract : Sweden’s drug policy still invokes the ideas of zero-tolerance and prohibition despite the high reported number of drug-related deaths and arrest rates for using drugs in Sweden in the latest years. To reach knowledge about why prohibition of illegal drugs has remained such a strong staple of Swedish politics for the latest 60 years, this study asks questions about which ideas and arguments constituting the Swedish drug policy, examines the logical coherence of these, and proposes an alternative policy route which aims to mitigate the shortcomings of the current policy. READ MORE