{"product_id":"politics-of-alcoholism","title":"Politics of Alcoholism","description":"The Politics of Alcoholism can be read on one level as a fascinating history of the evolving politics of what this country is doing about “the problem of alcoholism.” Not so long ago that problem was scarcely larger than a human hand against the horizon, but now it makes good, regular newspaper copy. This text follows through on the much-raised question of how a social problem becomes defined as a large scale problem, when the same phenomenon x Preface now labeled as “a problem” was not so named before. What is offered here is a direct attack on the rise into public visibility of something previously the concern of a relatively small number of people and groups, and which gets defined along the way as a problem for the whole nation. The second issue addressed is closer to the political scientist’s traditional interest, namely the politics of handling public issues: research and theorizing here usually focus on interest groups, lobbying, public debate, legislative rights, constituencies, and so on.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224832266584,"sku":"9780878553792","price":84.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780878553792.jpg?v=1770119145","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/politics-of-alcoholism","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}