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Drink and British Politics Since 1830 - A Study in Policy Making (Paperback, 1st ed. 2003)
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Drink and British Politics Since 1830 - A Study in Policy Making (Paperback, 1st ed. 2003)
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The issue of alcohol has never been far from British politics.
Initially, governments needed to control its sale for public order
reasons and because it was a major source of revenue. Then in
Victorian times a powerful temperance movement arose which sought
to prohibit or severely curb the 'Demon Drink'. This in turn
aroused the hostility of the 'Trade' and the issue became one of
fierce electoral politics. After 1890 drink was interpreted more as
a social reform question and then in the First World War, after a
major moral panic, far-reaching measures of direct state control
were imposed in the interests of national efficiency. Later in the
Twentieth century alcohol use came to be seen as an aspect of
leisure and town planning and, more recently, as a health issue.
Drawing upon a wide range of primary sources, John Greenaway uses
the complex politics of the issue to shed light upon the changing
political system and to test various theories of the policymaking
process. Both historians and political scientists will be
interested in this study.
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