Swimming with crocodiles
Subtitle: the culture of extreme drinking
By: [edited by] Marjana Martinic and Fiona Measham.
Contributors: Martinic, Marjana.; Measham, Fiona, 1963-
Series: International Center for Alcohol Policies series on alcohol in society; Series on alcohol in society
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780415955485
Subjects: Youth -- Alcohol use -- Cross-cultural studies; Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Social aspects; Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Cross-cultural studies; Drinking customs -- Cross-cultural studies; Alcoholism -- Cross-cultural studies; Alcohol-Related Disorders -- Case Reports; Adolescent; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- Case Reports
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.; Case Reports.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Extreme drinking / Marjana Martinic and Fiona Measham; title: A history of intoxication: changing attitudes to drunkenness and excess in the United Kingdom / Fiona Measham; title: Beyond boundaries: youth and the dream of the extreme / Véronique Nahoum-Grappe; title: What motivates extreme drinking? / Barbara Leigh and Christine Lee; title: Focus group results; title: Stakeholders and their roles / Mark Leverton and Keith Evans; title: Extreme drinking, young people, and feasible policy / Marjana Martinic and Barton Alexander; title: Feasible interventions : tackling extreme drinking in young people / Mônica Gorgulho and Daniya Tamendarova.