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2019 2019

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 34, Number 2

The Concentration of Power in a Single Hand: Administrative Centralization and State and Local Drug Enforcement Policy in the United States, 1995–2016

Thomas Savidge, George Mason University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise34(2),2019,65–80TheConcentrationofPowerinaSingleHand:AdministrativeCentralizationandStateandLocalDrugEnforcementPolicyintheUnitedStates,1995–2016ThomasSavidgeGeorgeMasonUniversity______________________________________________________AbstractThispaperexplorestherelationshipbetweenthefederalprohibitionofillicitsubstancesintheUnitedStates,thegrowthofadministrativecentralization,andtheeffectsofthisgoverningstructureondrugprohibition’ssuccess.WithinaframeworkofTocqueville’sconceptionofadministrativecentralization,itexaminesUSdrugenforcementpolicyfrom1995tothepresentandtheresultsofdrugprohibitiononincreasedarrestsandillicitdruguse.Italsoexaminestrendsofsocialtrustanddiscussesthecrowding-outeffect,policecentralization,andtherelationshipofbothtodemocraticdespotism.______________________________________________________JELCodes:P37,P48,Z18Keywords:drugprohibition,Tocqueville,administrativecentralization,policecentralization,socialtrust,democraticdespotismI.IntroductionConcentrationofpowerinthefederalgovernmentandexpansivefederalpoweroverstateandlocalaffairsaretwodangersAlexisdeTocquevillepredictedadministrativecentralizationwouldposeifallowedtogrowintheUnitedStates.Further,henoted,thisconcentrationofpowerwithinafederalgovernmentwouldfailtosolveanypolicyproblemsatthestateandlocallevelsbecausethefederalgovernmentlackstheprerequisitelocalknowledgethatcivilsocietyhas.ThefederalgovernmenthasgrownexponentiallysinceTocqueville’sDemocracyinAmericawaspublishedtwohundredyearsago.Howmuchofthisgrowthcanbeconsideredadministrativecentralization?Thispaperexploresthegrowthinadministrativecentralization,specifically,inrelationshiptothefederalprohibitionofillicitsubstances.Italsoexaminestheeffectsofthisgoverningstructureonthesuccessesandfailuresofdrugprohibition.

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Title	The Concentration of Power in a Single Hand: Administrative Centralization and State and Local Drug Enforcement Policy in the United States, 1995–2016
Authors/Creators:	Thomas Savidge, George Mason University
Year:	2019
Volume:	34
Number:	2
Pages:	65 - 80
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	drug prohibition, Tocqueville, administrative centralization, police centralization, social trust, democratic despotism

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Savidge, Thomas / 2019. "The Concentration of Power in a Single Hand: Administrative Centralization and State and Local Drug Enforcement Policy in the United States, 1995–2016." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 34(2): 65-80.