Swimming with crocodiles : the culture of extreme drinking /
Swimming with crocodiles : the culture of extreme drinking /
- New York : Routledge, c2008.
- xiii, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- International Center for Alcohol Policies series on alcohol in society .
- Series on alcohol in society. .
Includes bibliographical references, annexes and index.
Extreme drinking / Marjana Martinic and Fiona Measham -- A history of intoxication: changing attitudes to drunkenness and excess in the United Kingdom / Fiona Measham -- Beyond boundaries: youth and the dream of the extreme / Véronique Nahoum-Grappe -- What motivates extreme drinking? / Barbara Leigh and Christine Lee -- Focus group results -- Stakeholders and their roles / Mark Leverton and Keith Evans -- Extreme drinking, young people, and feasible policy / Marjana Martinic and Barton Alexander -- Feasible interventions : tackling extreme drinking in young people / Mônica Gorgulho and Daniya Tamendarova.
This volume examines extreme drinking among young people around the world. The authors explore the factors that motivate extreme drinking behaviour, cultural contexts, prevention and policy. Also included are results of focus groups conducted with young people in Brazil, China, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa and the UK.
9780415955485 (hardbound : alk. paper) 9780415955485: £37.95 0415955483 (hardbound : alk. paper)
2007049821
Youth--Alcohol use--Cross-cultural studies.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Cross-cultural studies.
Drinking customs--Cross-cultural studies.
Alcoholism--Cross-cultural studies.
362.2920835 / MAR
Includes bibliographical references, annexes and index.
Extreme drinking / Marjana Martinic and Fiona Measham -- A history of intoxication: changing attitudes to drunkenness and excess in the United Kingdom / Fiona Measham -- Beyond boundaries: youth and the dream of the extreme / Véronique Nahoum-Grappe -- What motivates extreme drinking? / Barbara Leigh and Christine Lee -- Focus group results -- Stakeholders and their roles / Mark Leverton and Keith Evans -- Extreme drinking, young people, and feasible policy / Marjana Martinic and Barton Alexander -- Feasible interventions : tackling extreme drinking in young people / Mônica Gorgulho and Daniya Tamendarova.
This volume examines extreme drinking among young people around the world. The authors explore the factors that motivate extreme drinking behaviour, cultural contexts, prevention and policy. Also included are results of focus groups conducted with young people in Brazil, China, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa and the UK.
9780415955485 (hardbound : alk. paper) 9780415955485: £37.95 0415955483 (hardbound : alk. paper)
2007049821
Youth--Alcohol use--Cross-cultural studies.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Cross-cultural studies.
Drinking customs--Cross-cultural studies.
Alcoholism--Cross-cultural studies.
362.2920835 / MAR