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Russia goes dry : alcohol, state and society / Stephen White.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996.Description: xiii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521558492 (pbk.)
  • 9780521558495 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Alcohol, state and society
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.29/2/0947
LOC classification:
  • HV 5515.15 W588r 1996
Online resources:
Contents:
Russia, alcohol and politics--- A drunken society--- The campaign is launched--- The campaign advances--- The campaign retreats--- The impact of the campaign--- Russia, alcohol and the policy process.
Summary: Russians today are the world's heaviest drinkers. The consumption of alcohol permeates family life, shapes the economy and plays an occasional but striking role in presidential politics. And it was in Russia in the 1980s that the most sustained attempt of its kind was made to eliminate alcohol abuse, even drinking itself. Drawing upon a wide range of original sources, including interviews, surveys and the local press, Stephen White provides the first full-length study of this extraordinary campaign. He traces the profound influence of alcohol through Russian history, and charts the campaign from its initiation under Mikhail Gorbachev to its disappointing aftermath in the post-communist 1990's. Attractively written and fully illustrated, Russia goes dry is an entertaining as well as instructive guide to a changing society and a classic case study of the limitations of politically directed social reform.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HV 5515.15 W588r 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000106319

Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-245) and index.

Russia, alcohol and politics--- A drunken society--- The campaign is launched--- The campaign advances--- The campaign retreats--- The impact of the campaign--- Russia, alcohol and the policy process.

Russians today are the world's heaviest drinkers. The consumption of alcohol permeates family life, shapes the economy and plays an occasional but striking role in presidential politics. And it was in Russia in the 1980s that the most sustained attempt of its kind was made to eliminate alcohol abuse, even drinking itself. Drawing upon a wide range of original sources, including interviews, surveys and the local press, Stephen White provides the first full-length study of this extraordinary campaign. He traces the profound influence of alcohol through Russian history, and charts the campaign from its initiation under Mikhail Gorbachev to its disappointing aftermath in the post-communist 1990's. Attractively written and fully illustrated, Russia goes dry is an entertaining as well as instructive guide to a changing society and a classic case study of the limitations of politically directed social reform.

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