Drink and British Politics Since 1830
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-91782-4 (ISBN)
The issue of alcohol has never been far from British politics. Initially, governments needed to control its sale for public order reasons and because it was a major source of revenue. Then in Victorian times a powerful temperance movement arose which sought to prohibit or severely curb the 'Demon Drink'. This in turn aroused the hostility of the 'Trade' and the issue became one of fierce electoral politics. After 1890 drink was interpreted more as a social reform question and then in the First World War, after a major moral panic, far-reaching measures of direct state control were imposed in the interests of national efficiency. Later in the Twentieth century alcohol use came to be seen as an aspect of leisure and town planning and, more recently, as a health issue. Drawing upon a wide range of primary sources, John Greenaway uses the complex politics of the issue to shed light upon the changing political system and to test various theories of the policymaking process. Both historians and political scientists will be interested in this study.
Dr. JOHN GREENAWAY has been Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of East Anglia since 1975. He has co-authored The Dynamics of Administrative Reform and Deciding Factors in British Politics, and has written numerous articles on the British civil service and on policy making.
Introduction The Problem of Drink and Intemperance in Early Victorian Britain, 1830-1870 Drink Becomes a Party Political Issue, 1870-1895 New Departures and Old Orthodoxies: The Failure of Consensus, 1895-1902 Legislation at Last. The High Point of Party Political Controversy The First World War. Drink and National Efficiency The Post-War Settlement, 1919-1921 Decades of Improvement: The Inter War Years Policy Fragmentation Between 1945 and 1970: Three Case Studies Epilogue: Drink Since 1970 Drink and the Policy Process in Britain
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.6.2003 |
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Zusatzinfo | XII, 271 p. |
Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-333-91782-0 / 0333917820 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-333-91782-4 / 9780333917824 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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