- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
(in Polish) Drugs and power: from prohibition to reform? 3502-FAKL639-OG
Drugs have “always” accompanied social life, providing occasions for the display of power, resistance, and the game of inclusion and exclusion. The current predicament od the “war on drugs” on the one hand, and intensifying efforts for a drug policy reform on the other, provide opportunity to discuss the current debates and developments in this area in the light of both empirical evidence ant the grand theories of social sciences.
1. Drug use in historical perspective
2. „War on drugs” and its discontents
3. Drugs, health and bio-power
4. Reforms and policy struggles (empirical cases)
Type of course
general courses
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
A student...
K_W16 has in-depth knowledge about major international and domestic sociological research pertaining to different models of drug policy
K_W27 has in-depth knowledge of the 19th, 20th and 21st ideas and social processes which have shaped the face of the modern world
K_U03 can perform a critical analysis of social phenomena and processes, particularly those concerning contemporary Polish society
K_U04 can critically select information and materials for academic work, using various sources in Polish and a foreign language as well as modern technologies
K_U13 can form an in-depth evaluation of the measures undertaken for the purpose of solving a social problem, based on knowledge and analytical skills acquired
K_U19 can prepare a presentation of a selected problem or study in Polish and in a foreign language
K_K05 can gather, find, synthesize and critically assess information about social sciences
K_K07 can justify the choice of sources
Assessment criteria
Assignments for each meeting and active participation in discussions in the classroom.
Bibliography
Wendy Loxley et al., The Prevention of Substance Use, Risk, and Harm in Australia; Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch and Olga Rychkova, The Impact of Drug Policy on Women; Joanne Csete, From the Mountaintops: What the World Can Learn from Drug Policy Change in Switzerland; Global Commission on Drug Policy, The Negative Impact of Drug Control on Public Health: The Global Crisis of Avoidable Pain; reports and data on the website of European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (www.emcdda.europa.eu)
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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