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'Playing the game': Contemporary landscapes of alcohol policy and faith-based service-users everyday lives.
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International Journal of Drug Policy . Jan2022, Vol. 99, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Against a backdrop of faith-based alcohol treatment 'filling the gaps' left by long term restructuring of service provision, funding cuts and marketisation of health and social care this paper makes connections between critical geographies of alcohol policy and service-users everyday lives in England and Wales. Presenting ethnographic research I highlight strategies, practices and performances - 'playing the game'- as service users navigate the multi-scalar impacts of 'austerity' policies, rollback neoliberal governance and 'recovery citizenship' focused on notions of vulnerablity, responsibilisation and 'underclass' behavioural politics. More specifically, the study foregrounds 'fitting in'; 'faking it'; 'conspiracy theories'; and/or 'spiritual journeys' to evidence service-users complex and sophisticated knowledges and experiences of contemporary landscapes of alcohol policy and treatment regimes. The conclusion signposts future directions for research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *NEOLIBERALISM
*SPIRITUALITY
*CITIZENSHIP
*ETHNOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09553959
- Volume :
- 99
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Drug Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154559934
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103451