Regulating Alcohol around the World - Tiffany Bergin

Regulating Alcohol around the World

Policy Cocktails

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
166 Seiten
2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-25514-2 (ISBN)
62,30 inkl. MwSt
With the World Health Organization estimating that nearly four percent of global deaths are due to alcohol, alcohol misuse can be an extremely damaging social problem, and one that governments around the world have endeavored to address through a range of policy strategies. Regulating Alcohol around the World explores historical and contemporary case studies in multiple countries to gain a richer understanding of the political, economic, and other forces that influence alcohol-related policymaking. The case studies presented in the book investigate a range of different kinds of alcohol policies, including prohibition strategies, general efforts to reduce alcohol’s social harms, and more targeted policies. The explanatory value of leading theories from political science, policy studies, anthropology, and other fields is assessed, with particular reference to the influence of cultural and historical factors on approaches to alcohol regulation. The book adopts a global perspective and offers guidance for students, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and other stakeholders about the lessons that can be learned from previous efforts to change alcohol policies. As such, it will be of interest to practitioners in the fields of health and alcohol abuse prevention, as well as scholars and students of social policy, criminology, and the sociology of health, addiction, and social problems.

Tiffany Bergin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Kent State University, Ohio, USA, and author of The Evidence Enigma.

Chapter 1 Introduction, Tiffany Bergin; Chapter 2 Research into Alcohol's Social Harms, Tiffany Bergin; Chapter 3 Alcohol and Policymaking, Tiffany Bergin; Chapter 4 History, Culture, Context, and Transformation, Tiffany Bergin; Chapter 5 Key Lessons from Prohibition Policies: Beyond the 1920s, Tiffany Bergin; Chapter 6 General Efforts to Reduce Alcohol's Social Harms, Tiffany Bergin; Chapter 7 Targeted Policies: Minimum Drinking Age Laws, Tiffany Bergin; Chapter 8 Concluding Thoughts, Tiffany Bergin;

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Solving Social Problems
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 99 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-138-25514-9 / 1138255149
ISBN-13 978-1-138-25514-2 / 9781138255142
Zustand Neuware
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