The Trouble with Drinking: Alcohol, Health and the Regulation of Life

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Helen Keane (The Australian National University) David Moore (The Australian University)

The Trouble with Drinking

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Alcohol, Health and the Regulation of Life

Helen Keane (The Australian National University), David Moore (The Australian University), Mats Ekendahl (Stockholm University)

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Bristol University Press
18 June 2026

Illness & addiction: social aspects; Drug & substance abuse: social aspects; Medical sociology

Alcohol is everywhere—in our everyday lives, in public debates and, increasingly, at the centre of public health policy.

This book critically examines alcohol as a contemporary research and policy object. It argues that drinking is governed through heavily freighted concepts such as risk, wellbeing, gender and race. The authors interrogate dominant disciplinary sobriety and moderation frameworks, highlighting the overlooked aspects of sociability, pleasure and self-transformation.

In scrutinizing the intensifying public health spotlight on alcohol, the authors issue a call to rethink what it means to live “well” in an era when health is both a personal imperative and a regulatory discourse.

By: Helen Keane (The Australian National University), David Moore (The Australian University), Mats Ekendahl (Stockholm University)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529246230
ISBN 10: 1529246237
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 18 June 2026
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Further / Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Helen Keane is Professor of Sociology at The Australian National University. David Moore is Honorary Professor of Sociology at The Australian National University. Mats Ekendahl is Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University.