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Societal response and the moral regulation of public-space drinking.

Publication: Contemporary Drug Problems
Publication Date: 22-MAR-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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These articles on moral regulation (Torronen and Karlsson) and social control (Wacklin) of public space are broadly cast so that drinking and its control are framed and seen as representative (symbolic) of broader ideologies about the nature of responsible and appropriate behavior in public and private life. This approach is consistent with the classic work of Joseph Gusfield (1963, 1981) that views the consequences of temperance campaigns, policy initiatives, and social control as primarily symbolic rather than as instrumental in altering human behavior. Both articles view drinking as culturally defined action whose definition changes with time and place as well as with the characteristics of the actors (drinkers and labelers) involved. After summary comments on these two works, attention is turned to placing them...

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