The prevailing approach to preventing or reducing alcohol problems is generally ineffective, often counter-productive.
Preface Introduction A Look Back Alcohol Around the World American Experiences with Alcohol and Resulting Approaches to Reducing the Alcohol Problems Summary and Recommendations Index
DAVID J. HANSON is Professor of Sociology and Director of Assessment at the State University of New York College at Potsdam. He has written over 270 works-journals and books on this or related topics.
"Preventing Alcohol Abuse is must reading for anyone concerned with
preventing alcohol problems, and curious about how hundreds of
generations of humans managed to survive thousands of years of
interaction with alcohol without benefit of government management
of consumption and long before the invention of alcoholism."-
Harold A. Mulford, Ph.D. Psychiatry Professor, Emeritus Psychiatry
Research, MEB
"This book is must reading for federal and state officials who
determine alcohol policy. Especially excellent are the book's
recommendations for a new American alcohol policy based on
empirical studies derived from socio-cultural analysis."- David J.
Pittman, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology Washington
University, St. Louis
"This is an important book, both in terms of information and public
service. Hanson here brings together the widely scattered data and
findings about drinking and about drinking problems throughout
history and around the world. In doing so, he neatly demonstrates
serious shortcomings in terms of present policies, both nationally
and internationally, and makes specific recommendations of more
realistic alternatives."-Dwight B. Heath, Ph.D. Professor of
Anthropology, Brown University
?A broad view of drinking behavior in time and space, observing
that alcohol has been highly valued and in continuous use by people
through history.?-Future Survey
?In this small, well-referenced book, David Hanson argues against a
single distribution, control-of-consumption approach to preventing
alcohol abuse...He suggests that control-of-consumption policies
should be replaced by preventive efforts grounded in a
socio-cultural model of alcohol use, which has more empirical
support...This book raises important questions about the private
consequences of public policy...Handon's book will give researchers
and policy experts a useful introduction to the issues...?-Journal
of Social Science Research
?The strength of this book lies in Hanson's ability to coalesce
widely scattered data and findings about alcohol consumption and
the problems associated with drinking from both historical and
cross-cultural perspectives. A good overview.?-Choice
"A broad view of drinking behavior in time and space, observing
that alcohol has been highly valued and in continuous use by people
through history."-Future Survey
"The strength of this book lies in Hanson's ability to coalesce
widely scattered data and findings about alcohol consumption and
the problems associated with drinking from both historical and
cross-cultural perspectives. A good overview."-Choice
"In this small, well-referenced book, David Hanson argues against a
single distribution, control-of-consumption approach to preventing
alcohol abuse...He suggests that control-of-consumption policies
should be replaced by preventive efforts grounded in a
socio-cultural model of alcohol use, which has more empirical
support...This book raises important questions about the private
consequences of public policy...Handon's book will give researchers
and policy experts a useful introduction to the issues..."-Journal
of Social Science Research
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