Empowered communities: Science, ideology and the limits of political action:

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

FilipRoumeliotis¹ 

关键词: drug prevention;    politics;    empowerment;    ideology;    prevention science;   

DOI  :  10.1515/nsad-2016-0030

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

AimsAgainst the background of an increased interest in community participation in political processes, this article critically examines how the “community” is constituted as a political entity in the Communities That Care drug prevention programme.MethodThrough an examination of 14 publications written by the programme developers and other collaborators, I have analysed the programme's theoretical foundation.ResultsThe programme seeks to constitute the community as an expert community, drawing on the principles of prevention science in its decision-making processes and thereby asserting the primacy of scientific reasoning in politics. Disagreement, otherwise regarded as the “essence” of democratic politics, is to be neutralised through the establishment of a common language based on prevention science. The programme constitutes needs as existing independently of any culturally and politically informed interpretations and promptly met by ready-tested, evidence-based interventions. By combining a consumer s...

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