02491cam a2200397 a 4500 51042 51042 BJBSDDR 20230410120738.0 ta 950314s1996 enka b 001 0 eng 0521558492 (pbk.) 9780521558495 (pbk.) 2559684 DLC DLC eng eng e-ur--- e-ur-ru HV 5515.15 W588r 1996 362.29/2/0947 White, Stephen Leonard, 1945- Russia goes dry : alcohol, state and society / Stephen White. Alcohol, state and society. Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996. xiii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-245) and index. Russia, alcohol and politics--- A drunken society--- The campaign is launched--- The campaign advances--- The campaign retreats--- The impact of the campaign--- Russia, alcohol and the policy process. Russians today are the world's heaviest drinkers. The consumption of alcohol permeates family life, shapes the economy and plays an occasional but striking role in presidential politics. And it was in Russia in the 1980s that the most sustained attempt of its kind was made to eliminate alcohol abuse, even drinking itself. Drawing upon a wide range of original sources, including interviews, surveys and the local press, Stephen White provides the first full-length study of this extraordinary campaign. He traces the profound influence of alcohol through Russian history, and charts the campaign from its initiation under Mikhail Gorbachev to its disappointing aftermath in the post-communist 1990's. Attractively written and fully illustrated, Russia goes dry is an entertaining as well as instructive guide to a changing society and a classic case study of the limitations of politically directed social reform. Alcoholism Russia (Federation) History. Alcoholismo Historia 26022 Alcoholism Soviet Union History. Temperance Russia (Federation) History. Temperance Soviet Union History. Templanza 26024 Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam027/95013221.html Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam021/95013221.html lcc BK rc 0 0 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 HV 5515.15 W588r 1996 00000106319 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 BK