The contemporary night‐time economy has transformed British town centres into liminal
spaces where transgression does not subvert normative space, but establishes public …

In Britain today, if you are in the business of fighting crime, then you have to be in the
business of dealing with alcohol.'Binge drinking'culture is intrinsic to urban leisure and has …

The promotion of night-time economies in town centres across Britain has sparked new fears
about disorder, violence and binge-drinking. However, there has been little consideration of …

In a time span of 10 years, many English town centres have been transformed from being
relatively deserted at night to being filled with concentrations of young drunken people out …

This article provides a review of the academic literature on the night‐time economy (NTE) of
British cities. The first half of the article concentrates on the development of the …

Different categories of drinking houses, it is claimed, are historically related to different kinds
of users and usages. Industrialism, however, entrenched the ubiquitous pub amidst the …

The Licensing Act (2003) was enacted in England and Wales against the backdrop of media
concern about 'binge Britain'and violent town centres avoided by 'social drinkers'. This paper …

This paper shows that, despite receiving significant attention, the relationship between
alcohol, drunkenness and public space has been undertheorized. We show that where …

Drawn from an ethnographic investigation of Central London's contemporary nightclub
scene, this paper seeks to map previously obscure elements of the private governance of …

Nightlife historically has been viewed as a social problem to be contained by licensing,
policing and the management of supply. In the context of recent trends towards deregulation …