1st Edition

The Politics of Alcoholism Building an Arena Around a Social Problem

By Carolyn Wiener Copyright 1980
310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
PART I INTRODUCTION AND APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM PART II: ANIMATING THE PROBLEM PART III: LEGITIMIZING THE PROBLEM PART IV: DEMONSTRATING THE PROBLEM

Biography

Carolyn Wiener (Author)