Against the background of papers and discussions from the East‐West seminar at the
European Conference on Health, Society and Alcohol, the differences and similarities in …

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 …

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 …

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 …

First published in 1998, this volume constitutes a fascinating analysis of the clash of the
alcohol control systems of three Nordic countries–Finland, Norway and Sweden–with the …

It was only in industrialised countries that social mass movements developed pointing to
problems related to the consumption of psychoactive substances and demanding self reform …

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 …

Both alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems are, it is claimed, rapidly increasing
problems in central and eastern Europe, due to the transition period. The article presents …

This chapter represents a synopsis of a research project which was begun in 1973 under the
auspices of the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies. The original aims of the study were …

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