The Politics of Alcoholism

Building an Arena Around a Social Problem
1. Auflage 1980
ISBN: 978-0-87855-379-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

The Politics of Alcoholism can be read on one level as a fascinating history of the evolving politics of what this country is doing about “the problem of alcoholism.” Not so long ago that problem was scarcely larger than a human hand against the horizon, but now it makes good, regular newspaper copy. This text follows through on the much-raised question of how a social problem becomes defined as a large scale problem, when the same phenomenon x Preface now labeled as “a problem” was not so named before. What is offered here is a direct attack on the rise into public visibility of something previously the concern of a relatively small number of people and groups, and which gets defined along the way as a problem for the whole nation. The second issue addressed is closer to the political scientist’s traditional interest, namely the politics of handling public issues: research and theorizing here usually focus on interest groups, lobbying, public debate, legislative rights, constituencies, and so on.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wiener, Carolyn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Acknowledgments, PART I: INTRODUCTION AND APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM, PART II: ANIMATING THE PROBLEM, PART III: LEGITIMIZING THE PROBLEM, PART IV: DEMONSTRATING THE PROBLEM, Appendix A: Method, Appendix B: Classification of Sources of Data, Appendix C: Glossary of Acronyms, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Wiener, Carolyn