Sameness and difference: Metaphor and politics in the constitution of addiction, social exclusion and gender in Australian and Swedish drug policy

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Sameness and difference: Metaphor and politics in the constitution of addiction, social exclusion and gender in Australian and Swedish drug policy

Like any other discourse, drug policy is imagined and articulated through metaphors. In this article, we explore the metaphors and meanings at work in the current national drug policies of Australia and Sweden. Australia's approach to welfare is usually characterised as liberal-welfarist, empha...

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Main Authors:	Moore, David, Fraser, Suzanne, Törrönen, J., Tinghög, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2015
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14578

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