{"product_id":"9798216439318","title":"US Drug War Virtue, Individualism, and Race in the Shining City","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUS Drug War\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eVirtue, Individualism, and Race in the Shining City\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJuan D. Lindau\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Public Policy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe United States' war on drugs reflects a conflict between a uniquely American and heavily religious-based approach to morality and an equally unique belief in individualism and individual rights. This book shows how these factors also intersect with the racism and anti-immigrant xenophobia in the country to formulate policy in the drug war. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuan Lindau explains the creation of the drug war, its evolution, its persistence, and its gradual reform. His analysis answers several questions: Why did the U.S. develop the global drug war and why did it use its power to create prohibition?  Why did it prohibit some substances but not others? Why did it choose to punish rather than treat users and especially addicts? Why did it punish some more than others and why did it repeatedly double-down on prohibition even in the face of voluminous evidence that these policies were devastating so many countries and communities? And, why does it punish so much more severely than its peers?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJuan D. Lindau\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Political Science at Colorado College. He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eLa elite gobernante mexicana\u003c\/i\u003e, and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eMarket Economics and Political Change: Comparing China and Mexico.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216439318\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52227915120780,"sku":"9798216439318","price":26.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_bd718885-f874-4579-b5dd-98416bc4d442.jpg?v=1786502450","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798216439318","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}