The Trouble With Drinking: Alcohol, Health and the Regulation of Life - Couverture rigide

Keane, Helen; Moore, David; Ekendahl, Mats

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1529246237 ISBN 13 : 9781529246230

Editeur : Bristol University Press, 2026

Synopsis

Alcohol is everywhere--in our everyday lives, in public debates and, increasingly, at the centre of public health policy.

This book critically examines alcohol as a contemporary research and policy object. It argues that drinking is governed through heavily freighted concepts such as risk, wellbeing, gender and race. The authors interrogate dominant disciplinary sobriety and moderation frameworks, highlighting the overlooked aspects of sociability, pleasure and self-transformation.

In scrutinizing the intensifying public health spotlight on alcohol, the authors issue a call to rethink what it means to live "well" in an era when health is both a personal imperative and a regulatory discourse.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Helen Keane is Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University.

David Moore is Honorary Professor of Sociology at The Australian National University.

Mats Ekendahl is Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bristol University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1529246237
• ISBN 13: 9781529246230
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 184
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