Original scientific paper
ALCOHOLISM AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
Mirko Štifanić
; Faculty of Medicine, Rijeka
Abstract
The sociological analysis of alcoholism followed five main approaches:
1) the functional analysis which looks into the social role
of drinking behavior; 2) the socio-cultural approach finds out and
examines the altitudes toward drinking behavior in different cultures;
3) the sociographic approach studies the influence of some
variables (e.g. sex, age, ethnic affiliation) on drinking practices; 4)
the symbolic interactionism examines the "seeking refuge in drinking"
and the career of the alcoholic person in the light of societal
response and of individual perception; 5) the socio-political analysis
which gives importance to the reflections of various ways of
control and prevention of immoderate consuming of alcohol in
modern societies.
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Hrčak ID:
32374
URI
Publication date:
1.7.1995.
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