Contents
- Introduction
- The War on Drugs as a Contested Social Issue
- How the Media "Frames" the Debate
- Debate Dynamics: Racial Silence, Resonance, and Code Words
- Identity Construction in the Heat of Debate
- Conclusion
References
Glossary
Biography
Michael L. Rosino is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Molloy College. His research and teaching focus on racial politics, media, social movements, crime, law and deviance, and human rights. His work emphasizes social change, policy, and community and civic engagement. He has published widely on the connections between racial oppression, struggles for racial equality, political conflicts, debates over public policy, and everyday social life in various scholarly and public outlets. His current research examines how activists within progressive grassroots political organizations engage with racial and political inequality through their identities, habits, and political strategies. The project illuminates the possibilities and barriers for building a racially just and inclusive grassroots democracy and advances new understandings of racial politics grounded in everyday social life.
