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'Parkin's detailed ethnographies provide a glimpse of the renewal of drug policy in an age of entrenched economic and social inequality. This literate book confirms that a more radical vision of place is central to this task. Engaging throughout, Parkin reveals much of the everyday experience of injection drug use, and the urgency of renewed efforts to reduce the harms associated with it.' Cameron Duff, Monash University, Australia'In this thought-provoking text, Parkin displays a sophisticated understanding of social theory, in-depth knowledge of the harm reduction literature and a refined appreciation of qualitative methodology. Furthermore, he has generated a fascinating dataset on drug injecting in public places which is meticulously analysed with reference to the theories and constructs of Pierre Bourdieu. The result is a unique contribution to public health sociology.'Joanne Neale, Oxford Brookes University, UK

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Stephen Parkin is Research Fellow at the Centre for Primary Care of the University of Manchester, UK and author of An Applied Visual Sociology: Picturing Harm Reduction.

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