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9780309031493
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Alcohol and Public Policy: Beyond the Shadow of Prohibition -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Report of the Panel -- Introduction -- 1 Simplifying Conceptions of Alcohol Problems and Policies -- GOVERNING IDEAS -- MINORITY CONCEPTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 2 The Nature of Alcohol Problems -- EFFECTS OF DRINKING -- UNDERLYING PATTERNS OF DRINKING PRACTICES -- Definition of Drinking Practices -- Consumption: Quantity and Frequency -- Quantity Consumed -- Frequency of Drunkenness -- Historical and Cross-Cultural Comparisons -- Aggregate Patterns of Drinking Contexts -- Stability of Individual Drinking Practices -- Causes of Drinking Practices -- THE PROBLEM OF ATTRIBUTING EFFECTS -- CONCLUSION: AVENUES FOR AFFECTING ALCOHOL PROBLEMS -- 3 Perspectives on Current Alcohol Policies -- CURRENT ALCOHOL POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS -- THE PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR PREVENTION -- THE DEFINITION OF PREVENTION POLICIES -- OBJECTIONS TO PREVENTION POLICIES -- CATEGORIES OF PREVENTION POLICIES -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION. -- 4 Regulating the Supply of Alcoholic Beverages -- THE LESSONS OF PROHIBITION -- CURRENT INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES -- THE SINGLE DISTRIBUTION THEORY -- TAXATION AND PRICES -- CONTROLLING OFF-PREMISE RETAIL SALES -- CONTROLLING ON-PREMISE SALES -- MINIMUM AGE RESTRICTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 5 Shaping Drinking Practices Directly -- CONCEPTS OF SAFER AND MORE APPROPRIATE DRINKING -- DRINKING PRACTICES AND THE LAW -- Drunken Driving and the Law -- Public Drunkenness -- EDUCATION, INFORMATION, AND TRAINING PROGRAMS -- School Education Programs -- Mass Media Information Campaigns -- Community-Based Health Information and Training -- Conclusions About Education, Information, and Training Programs -- SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE: A NOTE ON SYMBOLIC EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT ACTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 6 Reducing Environmental Risk -- DAMAGE IN THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.
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Description based upon print version of record
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Alcohol and Public Policy: Beyond the Shadow of Prohibition -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Report of the Panel -- Introduction -- 1 Simplifying Conceptions of Alcohol Problems and Policies -- GOVERNING IDEAS -- MINORITY CONCEPTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 2 The Nature of Alcohol Problems -- EFFECTS OF DRINKING -- UNDERLYING PATTERNS OF DRINKING PRACTICES -- Definition of Drinking Practices -- Consumption: Quantity and Frequency -- Quantity Consumed -- Frequency of Drunkenness -- Historical and Cross-Cultural Comparisons -- Aggregate Patterns of Drinking Contexts
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Stability of Individual Drinking Practices -- Causes of Drinking Practices -- THE PROBLEM OF ATTRIBUTING EFFECTS -- CONCLUSION: AVENUES FOR AFFECTING ALCOHOL PROBLEMS -- 3 Perspectives on Current Alcohol Policies -- CURRENT ALCOHOL POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS -- THE PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR PREVENTION -- THE DEFINITION OF PREVENTION POLICIES -- OBJECTIONS TO PREVENTION POLICIES -- CATEGORIES OF PREVENTION POLICIES -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION. -- 4 Regulating the Supply of Alcoholic Beverages -- THE LESSONS OF PROHIBITION -- CURRENT INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES -- THE SINGLE DISTRIBUTION THEORY
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TAXATION AND PRICES -- CONTROLLING OFF-PREMISE RETAIL SALES -- CONTROLLING ON-PREMISE SALES -- MINIMUM AGE RESTRICTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 5 Shaping Drinking Practices Directly -- CONCEPTS OF SAFER AND MORE APPROPRIATE DRINKING -- DRINKING PRACTICES AND THE LAW -- Drunken Driving and the Law -- Public Drunkenness -- EDUCATION, INFORMATION, AND TRAINING PROGRAMS -- School Education Programs -- Mass Media Information Campaigns -- Community-Based Health Information and Training -- Conclusions About Education, Information, and Training Programs
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SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE: A NOTE ON SYMBOLIC EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT ACTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 6 Reducing Environmental Risk -- DAMAGE IN THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT -- Physical Safety Measures -- Social Safety Measures -- DAMAGE IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT -- Victimization -- Public Drunkenness and the Urban Environment -- Deemphasizing Hostility -- CONCLUSION -- Summary -- References -- Commissioned Papers -- TEMPERANCE AND PROHIBITION IN AMERICA: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- Introduction -- The Colonial Period -- The Decline of Authority -- Mobilizing for the Crusade -- "Narrow" Versus "Broad-Gauge
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Prohibition -- Epilogue -- References -- ALCOHOL USE AND CONSEQUENCES -- Introduction -- Alcohol Use: Intoxication, Drinking Patterns, and Total Consumption -- Methods of Measurement -- Uses of Per-Capita Consumption -- Disaggregated Consumption Statistics -- Drinking Patterns in Survey Data -- Use and Consequences: The Problem of Attribution -- Mortality -- Economic Costs -- Behavior -- Socially Important Effects of Alcohol Use -- Physiological Effects -- Personality -- Physical Environment -- Interpersonal Effects -- Institutional Effects -- Conclusion -- References
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THE PARADOX OF ALCOHOL POLICY: THE CASE OF THE 1969 ALCOHOL ACT IN FINLAND
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780309557481
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780309031493
Additional Edition:
Print version Staff, National Research Council Alcohol and Public Policy : Beyond the Shadow of Prohibition Washington : National Academies Press,c1980
Language:
English
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