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Author: Dan Malleck
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Imprint: University of British Columbia Press
Weight: 0.480kg
ISBN: 9780774822213
ISBN 10: 077482221
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 01 January 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This well-written history provides a rich and nuanced analysis of how the Liquor Control Board of Ontario responded to a divisive political problem in post-prohibition Ontario: to promote orderly but legal public drinking. It offers a sophisticated theoretical interplay between Foucault's concept of biopower and Weber's work on bureaucratization, revealing a variety of actors - the LCBO, inspectors, police, politicians, licence holders, patrons, pressure groups, and even bootleggers - all enveloped in a web of regulation whose strands, while created by the state, were not completely controlled by it. - Robert Campbell, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Capilano University and author of Sit Down and Drink Your Beer: Regulating Vancouver's Beer Parlours, 1925-1954
This well-written history provides a rich and nuanced analysis of how the Liquor Control Board of Ontario responded to a divisive political problem in post-prohibition Ontario: to promote orderly but legal public drinking. It offers a sophisticated theoretical interplay between Foucault's concept of biopower and Weber's work on bureaucratization, revealing a variety of actors - the LCBO, inspectors, police, politicians, licence holders, patrons, pressure groups, and even bootleggers - all enveloped in a web of regulation whose strands, while created by the state, were not completely controlled by it. - Robert Campbell, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Capilano University and author of Sit Down and Drink Your Beer: Regulating Vancouver's Beer Parlours, 1925-1954 Try to Control Yourself is both an absorbing account of alcohol regulation in post-prohibition Ontario and a significant study of the relationship between bureaucracy, surveillance, and social order. Its meticulous research brings to life the work of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario and demonstrates how understanding the intricate realities of administrative activity can enhance critical debates about power and control. This detailed work shows how cultural values are tied to practices of government and, in doing so, offers important lessons for alcohol policy today. - James Nicholls, author of The Politics of Alcohol: A History of the Drink Question in England
This well-written history provides a rich and nuanced analysis of how the Liquor Control Board of Ontario responded to a divisive political problem in post-prohibition Ontario: to promote orderly but legal public drinking. It offers a sophisticated theoretical interplay between Foucault's concept of biopower and Weber's work on bureaucratization, revealing a variety of actors - the LCBO, inspectors, police, politicians, licence holders, patrons, pressure groups, and even bootleggers - all enveloped in a web of regulation whose strands, while created by the state, were not completely controlled by it. <br> - Robert Campbell, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Capilano University and author of Sit Down and Drink Your Beer: Regulating Vancouver's Beer Parlours, 1925-1954
Author Information
Dan Malleck is an associate professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at Brock University.
