Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems

This collection of 14 articles presents a selection of sociological scholarship on drug and alcohol problems. The readings strike a balance between constructionist, epidemiological and ethnographic approaches to the study of drinking, drug use and related problems such as domestic violence, crime and the spread of HIV/AIDS A general introduction and five section introductions highlight basic theoretical questions and analytical themes that run through the articles. The volume is organized around important theoretical and research approaches to the sociology of social problems.