European Integration and Nordic Alcohol Policies: Changes in Alcohol Controls and Consequences in Finland, Norway and Sweden, 1980-1997

by Eckart Kühlhorn and Harold D. Holder

Book Overview

The membership and alignment of Sweden, Finland and Norway in the EU has had a significant impact on the alcohol policies of each of these countries. Each has had a long history of state control of alcohol production as well as wholesale, import and retail sales. The purpose of such state control is to maintain a lower overall consumption of alcohol and the associated lower level of alcohol problems. This book descibes the changes in alcohol policy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840143703
• ISBN13: 9781840143706
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages