Alcohol and Moral Regulation: Public Attitudes, Spirited Measures and Victorian Hangovers - Rilegato

Yeomans, Henry

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ISBN 10: 1447309936 ISBN 13: 9781447309932

Casa editrice: Policy Pr, 2014

Riassunto

Attitudes toward alcohol—and the extent and rate of its consumption—have undergone considerable changes over the centuries. In the face of contemporary concern with increased drinking, Alcohol and Moral Regulation offers a refreshing historical perspective, explaining that anxieties about alcohol are perhaps best understood as a “hangover” from the Victorian period. Drawing on extensive historical research, the volume puts contemporary attitudes in context, and thus gives scholars and policy makers alike a more nuanced way to approach analyses of, and approaches to, contemporary drinking.

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Recensione:

This is a significant and original work which synthesises a comprehensive grasp of the legal history of alcohol in England with a sensitive application of the relatively new conceptual framework of moral regulation and thus reshapes our understanding of the complex of factors shaping past and present control of alcohol consumption. --Professor Charles Critcher, Sheffield Hallam University

"This engaging text is a must-read for anyone interested in moral panics, and should be read widely by anyone interested more broadly in the medicalisation of society and its problems, or in the practice of legislating for one s own good . It is an important and timely study, and should be widely read." --Dr Judith Rowbotham, Director, SOLON, and Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London

"Yeomans' thought-provoking book explores how laws and beliefs regarding alcohol evolved in Britain. The historical analysis is useful for contextualizing present-day debates about alcohol-related issues." --Tiffany Bergin, Kent State University, USA

L'autore:

Henry Yeomans is a lecturer in criminology and criminal justice studies at the University of Leeds.

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• Editore: Policy Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1447309936
• ISBN 13: 9781447309932
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 279