From Science to Action? 100 Years Later - Alcohol Policies Revisited

• International Perspective.- Alcohol Policy on the Agenda of the European Union.- From “Alcohol, Society and the State” to “Broken Spirits” to....- Alcohol Policy and the Public Good: As Simple As One, Two, Three.- Harm Reduction: The Drugification of Alcohol Polices and the Alcoholisation of Drug Policies.- History.- From Temperence Movements to State Action: An Historical View of the Alcohol Question in Industrialised Countries.- Reducing Discursive Complexity: The Case of Alcohol Policies in Europe (1850–2000).- Action.- Community Action From an International Perspective.- Does Price Matter? The Effect of Decreased Price on Spirits Consumption in Switzerland.- Policies and Politics in France.- Drunkenness and Preference for Spirits in Different Countries.- Towards Evidence-Based Policy.- Ethics and Politics of Policies.- What If We Found The Magic Bullet?.- Science, Public Policy and the Alcohol Industry.- 100 Years Swiss Alcohol Policy.- Swiss Alcohol Policy — “Model” or “Sonderfall”?.

From the reviews: "The papers emanate from a meeting to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems. The book includes a small 'smargardsbord' of 15 high-quality papers by well-known scientists covering various aspects of alcohol policy ... . there is something of interest for scientists, practitioners and politicians ... . Among the topics included are well-balanced, knowledgeable reports on alcohol policy and the public good ... ." (Anders Romelsjo, Addiction, Vol. 101, 2006)