{"product_id":"the-trouble-with-drinking-helen-keane-9781529246230","title":"The Trouble with Drinking: Alcohol, Health and the Regulation of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlcohol is everywhere--in our everyday lives, in public debates and, increasingly, at the centre of public health policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book critically examines alcohol as a contemporary research and policy object. It argues that drinking is governed through heavily freighted concepts such as risk, wellbeing, gender and race. The authors interrogate dominant disciplinary sobriety and moderation frameworks, highlighting the overlooked aspects of sociability, pleasure and self-transformation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In scrutinizing the intensifying public health spotlight on alcohol, the authors issue a call to rethink what it means to live \"well\" in an era when health is both a personal imperative and a regulatory discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Keane,David Moore,Mats Ekendahl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529246237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529246230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bristol University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Helen Keane","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48801101611263,"sku":"9781529246230","price":119.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trouble-with-drinking-helen-keane-9781529246230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}