The Eastern European transitions of the 1990s from centrally planned economy toward
market economy and from monoparty political system to multiparty democracy strongly …

Three dimensions of alcohol issues as policy issues in transitional Russia are described in
this review. Contrary to the widely held international view, health aspects may not be the …

The former socialist countries of present-day Europe provide scenes for natural experiments
in many fields of social and political action. Alcohol production and sales and prevention of …

■ AIMS This article provides an overview of the major patterns of alcohol consumption (eg,
how much, how, and what Russians drink) and alcohol-related harm (eg, alcohol-related …

The last twenty years of transitions have showed mixed results regarding economic and
health developments in Eastern Europe an area which appears to be a unique laboratory for …

Jacek Moskalewicz is a sociologist at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology (Sobieskiego
119, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland). A past chairman of the International Group for Comparative …

Recent transitions in eastern Europe were followed by, or associated with, an outburst of
social problems, including those related to alcohol consumption. In alcohol-prevention …

Three periods are distinguished and applied to describe the dynamics of changes in the
system of supply of alcoholic beverages in Central and Eastern Europe since 1980. The …

As several former East Bloc countries now become EU members, we will be witnessing the
merger between quite diverse social, economic, and political cultures—including the …

This paper analyses the interplay between alcohol policy and research in Poland during the
last two decades. It was a period of profound political and economic changes that strongly …