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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972840903321

Autore

Fraser Suzanne <1967->

Titolo

Habits: Remaking Addiction / / by S. Fraser, D. Moore, H. Keane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

ISBN

9781349338887

1349338885

9781137316776

1137316772

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Disciplina

362.29

Soggetti

Sociology

Social medicine

Social policy

Human body - Social aspects

Psychiatry

Engineering

Medical Sociology

Social Policy

Sociology of the Body

Technology and Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Models of Addiction; 2 Stabilising Stimulants: Amphetamine Dependence and Methamphetamine Addiction; 3 Making Methamphetamine in Drug Policy and Consumer Accounts; 4 A Field in Disarray? The Constitution of Alcohol Addiction in Expert Debates; 5 Assembling Alcohol Problems: Young People and Drinking; 6 Junk: The Neuroscience of Food Addiction and Obesity; 7 Stepping to the Side of Addiction: Everyday Realities of Overeating and Obesity

Conclusion: A Multiverse of Habits: 'Addicting' Science, Policy and



ExperienceAppendix: Interview Data Collection Methods; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What is 'addiction'? What does it say about us, our social arrangements and our political preoccupations? Where is it going as an idea and what is at stake in its ongoing production? Drawing on ethnographic research, interviews and media and policy texts, this book traces the remaking of addiction in contemporary Western societies.