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Author Martinic, Marjana

Title Swimming with Crocodiles : the Culture of Extreme Drinking
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2008

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Description 1 online resource (296 pages)
Contents Front Cover -- Swimming With Crocodiles -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Editors -- Contributors -- Disclaimer -- Chapter 1 Extreme Drinking -- Chapter 2 A History of Intoxication: Changing Attitudes to Drunkenness and Excess in the United Kingdom -- Chapter 3 Beyond Boundaries: Youth and the Dream of the Extreme -- Chapter 4 What Motivates Extreme Drinking? -- Chapter 5 Focus Group Results -- Chapter 6 Stakeholders and Their Roles -- Chapter 7 Extreme Drinking, Young People, and Feasible Policy -- Chapter 8 Feasible Interventions: Tackling Extreme Drinking in Young People -- Annex 1 Procedures for Focus Groups on Extreme Drinking -- Annex 2 Guiding Questions for Focus Groups -- Index
Summary Examines extreme drinking among young people around the world. This title explores the factors that motivate extreme drinking behaviour, cultural contexts, prevention and policy. It also includes results of focus groups conducted with young people in Brazil, China, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa and the United Kingdom
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Subject Alcoholism -- Cross-cultural studies
Drinking customs -- Cross-cultural studies
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Cross-cultural studies
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Social aspects
Youth -- Alcohol use -- Cross-cultural studies
Youth -- Alcohol use
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Drinking customs
Alcoholism
Alcoholism -- Cross-cultural studies
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Cross-cultural studies
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Social aspects
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203893241
0203893247