‘What’s the Problem Represented to Be?’ The Place and Wellbeing of Young People in Azerbaijan’s Drug Policy

Aysel Sultan ()
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Aysel Sultan: Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

Child Indicators Research, 2022, vol. 15, issue 4, No 4, 1163-1178

Abstract: Abstract This policy paper bridges interdisciplinary research to analyze the effects of drug policy in Azerbaijan on the provision of social care and treatment for young people who use illicit drugs. Drawing on Carol Bacchi’s critical policy analysis method – ‘what’s the problem represented to be’ – the paper focuses on what the state’s drug policy enables and/or impedes in the implementation of better protection and care for young people aged between 14 and 17. To do this, two texts are selected for the analysis to explore representations and social construction of youth through various problematizations in policy legislations. The analysis suggests that drug policy in Azerbaijan is formulated to further cultural and political purposes to maintain a community-based immunity to drugs, rather than psycho-social and medical interventions or individual engagement with young people’s wellbeing.

Keywords: Azerbaijan; Carol Bacchi; Childhood and youth; Critical drug studies; Policy analysis; Young people (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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