THE POLITICS OF DEMON RUM - REGULATING ALCOHOL AND ITS DELETERIOUS CONSEQUENCES Academic Article

abstract

• This article examines state efforts to regulate alcohol consumption and the effectiveness of that regulation on policy outcomes. The politics of alcohol is examined as a function of the political demands of the alcohol production industry, the alcohol consumption industry, reformist/ religious groups, and other state political forces. Efforts to regulate alcohol consumption are predicted well by this model. Efforts to explain drunk driving law changes are not. Restrictions on alcohol sales have a direct impact on alcohol consumption and an indirect impact on heavy drinking. Efforts to limit drunk dnving, with one exception, have no impact on the relative level of drunk driving. The lack of policy impact is attributed to the politics of policy adoption.

authors

• Meier, Kenneth

published proceedings

• AMERICAN POLITICS QUARTERLY

author list (cited authors)

• MEIER, K. J., & JOHNSON, C. M.

citation count

• 26

complete list of authors

• MEIER, KJ||JOHNSON, CM

publication date

• October 1990

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• American Politics Research  Journal

keywords

• 3 Good Health And Well Being
• 44 Human Society
• 4407 Policy And Administration
• 4408 Political Science
• Alcoholism, Alcohol Use And Health
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular
• Oral And Gastrointestinal
• Pediatric
• Stroke
• Substance Misuse
• Underage Drinking

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/1532673X9001800402

start page

• 404

end page

• 429

volume

• 18

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1177%2F1532673x9001800402

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being