This article shows that attitudes towards and behaviours involving the consumption of
alcohol in New Zealand have long been problematic. It provides an historical account of …

This book details the rich, complex and often contested role of alcohol in New Zealand
society. It explores the three fundamental alcohol rights that continue to fight for dominance …

Against the backdrop of a long-standing British 'binge and brawl'pattern of alcohol-based
weekend leisure and concomitant recurrent anxieties in the media surrounding youth and …

Alcohol consumption among young people in New Zealand is on the rise. Given the broad
array of acute and chronic harms that arise from this trend, it is a major cause for alarm and it …

The cultural and historical background of the substantial deregulation of alcohol sales in
Australia in the last quarter century is described and discussed. Drinking and intoxication …

" In Teaching 'Proper'Drinking?, the author brings together three fields of scholarship: socio-
historical studies of alcohol, Australian Indigenous policy history and social enterprise …

Alcohol consumption in 21st-century Britain is of significant interest to government, media
and academics. Some have referred to a 'new culture of intoxication'or 'calculated …

The article reports the alcohol-related findings of a qualitative study that examined health
beliefs and behaviours among Irish people in London. The findings elicited though key …

Long-standing stereotypes portray Irish people as prone to use alcohol to excess. This
review traces the historical origins of those stereotypes, and examines evidence drawn from …

This article contrasts two understandings of intoxication. The first, found in public health
discourse, constructs intoxication as a harm produced by risky alcohol consumption and …