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Moonshine Markets Issues in Unrecorded Alcohol Beverage Production and Consumption

Moonshine Markets: Issues in Unrecorded Alcohol Beverage Production and Consumption

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Alan Haworth, Ronald Simpson
May 31, 2024

This text reports on patterns of consumption of non-branded alcohol in seven countries: Brazil, India, Mexico, Russia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Using local consultants, investigators interviewed families in each country, in both rural and urban areas, on the subject of their drinking habits ...

Corporate Social Responsibility and Alcohol The Need and Potential for Partnership

Corporate Social Responsibility and Alcohol: The Need and Potential for Partnership

1st Edition

Edited By Marcus Grant, Joyce O'Connor
August 26, 2016

Increased scrutiny on the part of the general public, media, and government has warranted a reexamination of corporate responsibilities, standards of accountability, the company's role in its local and extended community, and its ethical position in our society and culture. Corporate Social ...

Swimming with Crocodiles The Culture of Extreme Drinking

Swimming with Crocodiles: The Culture of Extreme Drinking

1st Edition

Edited By Anne Fox, Fiona Measham
February 29, 2016

There is evidence that a distinct pattern of alcohol consumption is emerging across the world and is a cause for concern because of its relationship with a range of health and social problems. Its visibility, particularly its high involvement of young people, makes this not only an issue for public...

Reasonable Risk Alcohol in Perspective

Reasonable Risk: Alcohol in Perspective

1st Edition

By Barbara Leigh
April 23, 2015

Reasonable Risk examines the concept of risk as it applies to everyday life in general and to alcohol consumption specifically. The book addresses how we assess risks (and benefits), and the strategies we use to manage them. It examines the elements that shape our perceptions of risk-cultural ...

Alcohol And Emerging Markets Patterns, Problems, And Responses

Alcohol And Emerging Markets: Patterns, Problems, And Responses

1st Edition

Edited By Marcus Grant
December 01, 2014

Divided into two parts, Alcohol and Emerging Markets begins with a series of case studies that assess alcohol issues in four regions - Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa - and four countries - China, India, Mexico, and Russia. Issues such as past and current ...

Alcohol and Pleasure A Health Perspective

Alcohol and Pleasure: A Health Perspective

1st Edition

Edited By Stanton Peele, Marcus Grant
December 01, 2014

There is no simple threshold between the experience of drinking and the pleasure it can bring on the one hand and the pain and suffering caused by alcohol abuse on the other. But if we are to understand the role of alcohol in society, then at the very least we need to acknowledge the pleasure as ...

Learning About Drinking

Learning About Drinking

1st Edition

By Eleni Houghton, Anne M. Roche
May 13, 2013

This book is based on the premise that drinking behaviors are primarily learned. The contributors to the book explore the complex array of individual and social factors that impact the development of drinking patterns. They traverse family and culture influences, and the role played by schools, ...

Drinking Occasions Comparative Perspectives on Alcohol and Culture

Drinking Occasions: Comparative Perspectives on Alcohol and Culture

1st Edition

By Dwight B. Heath
April 07, 2000

The main purpose of this book is to describe the variety of drinking occasions that exist around the world, primarily in modern, industrialized countries. As such, it celebrates the diversity of normal drinking behavior and illustrates a wide range of beneficial drinking patterns. Attention is also...

Expressions of Drunkenness (Four Hundred Rabbits)

Expressions of Drunkenness (Four Hundred Rabbits)

1st Edition

Edited By Anne Fox, Mike MacAvoy
August 03, 2010

The goal of this book is to contribute to the ongoing scholarly discussion on the very serious topic of drunkenness. The phrase “four hundred rabbits” is one of many illustrations of the deep cultural, religious, and social influences on how individuals and communities view alcohol intoxication: ...

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