{"product_id":"the-politics-of-alcoholism-carolyn-wiener-9780878553792","title":"The Politics of Alcoholism: Building an Arena Around a Social Problem","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carolyn Wiener\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0878553797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780878553792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/1980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Carolyn Wiener","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065226146047,"sku":"9780878553792","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b97c302-d9f7-4c9b-8aca-6b9c7d0db24d.jpg?v=1768673812","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-alcoholism-carolyn-wiener-9780878553792","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}