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020			_a9781139540971 (ebook)
020			_z9781107034761 (hardback)
020			_z9781107610095 (paperback)
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050	0	0	_aRC533 _b.O74 2013
082	0	0	_a616.85/84 _223
100	1		_aOrford, Jim, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPower, Powerlessness and Addiction / [electronic resource] _cJim Orford.
246	3		_aPower, Powerlessness & Addiction
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (273 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520			_aAddiction exercises enormous power over all those who are touched by it. This book argues that power and powerlessness have been neglected in addiction studies and that they are a unifying theme that brings together different areas of research from the field including the disempowering nature of addiction; effects on family, community and the workplace; epidemiological and ethnographic work; studies of the legal and illegal supply; and theories of treatment and change. Examples of alcohol, drug and gambling addiction are used to discuss the evidence that addiction is most disempowering where social resources to resist it are weakest; the ways in which the dominant discourses about addictive behaviour encourage the attributing of responsibility for addiction to individuals and divert attention from the powerful who benefit from addiction; and the ways in which the voices of those whose interests are least well-served by addiction are silenced.
650		0	_aCompulsive behavior
650		0	_aControl (Psychology)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107034761
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139540971 _zCambridge Books Online
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