Shane Butler, Karen Elmeland, Betsy Thom, James Nicholls

Alcohol, Power and Public Health (eBook, ePUB)

A Comparative Study of Alcohol Policy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the policy process by which evidence-based alcohol strategies developed at the WHO are implemented at the level of individual states, in the context of the European Union.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136192401
• Artikelnr.: 47894087

Autorenporträt

Shane Butler is a Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin, having previously been Associate Professor at Trinity's School of Social Work and Social Policy.

Karen Elmeland (1950-2016) conducted Danish alcohol research for almost three decades. She is the author of the book: 'Danish alcohol culture: intoxication, ritual and regulation' [Dansk alkoholkultur: rus, ritual og regulering]. Dr Elmeland's special interest was alcohol intoxication, prevention, and policy. She has published widely in Nordic journals, books and contributed to a range of reports.

Betsy Thom is Professor of Health Policy and Head of the Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at Middlesex University, UK.

James Nicholls is Director of Research and Policy Development at Alcohol Research UK and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is author of The Politics of Alcohol: A History of the Drink Question in England (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Emergence of the Public Health Perspective on
Alcohol 3. Alcohol Policy in the European Union 4. Historic and Cultural
Exploration of Drinking Patterns in Denmark 5. Danish Adaptation to the
Public Health Approach to Alcohol 6. Historic and Cultural Exploration of
Drinking Patterns in England 7. English Adaptation to the Public Health
Approach to Alcohol 8. Historic and Cultural Exploration of Drinking
Practices in Ireland 9. Irish Adaptation to the Public Health Approach to
Alcohol 10. National Alcohol Policies and Rationality