Marjana Martinic / Fiona Measham

Gebundenes Buch

Swimming with Crocodiles

The Culture of Extreme Drinking

Herausgeber: Martinic, Marjana; Measham, Fiona

Beschreibung

Edited by Marjana Martinic and Fiona Measham, this newest, ninth volume in the ICAP Book Series on Alcohol in Society examines extreme drinking among young people around the world. The authors explore the factors that motivate extreme drinking behaviour, cultural contexts, prevention and policy. Included are also results of focus groups conducted with young people in Brazil, China, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa and the United Kingdom

Autor

Marjana Martinic, PhD, is Vice President for Public Health at the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP, U.S.A.). She has published extensively in the fields of neuroscience and alcohol policy. Her previous book, Reasonable Risk: Alcohol in Perspective (2004; co-authored with Barbara Leigh), is volume seven in the ICAP Book Series on Alcohol in Society. Fiona Measham, PhD, was appointed to Lancaster University (U.K) in 2000 and is Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Applied Social Science. She has over 20 years of experience publishing in the fields of alcohol and drug studies, gender, licensed leisure, and cultural criminology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9780415955485
• ISBN-10: 0415955483
• Artikelnr.: 22783332