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What shapes youth drinking?

What shapes youth drinking?. The role of youth culture Michael Shiner Department of Social Policy London School of Economics. Youth culture in context. The central problem of adolescence Separate and oppositional? The wider ‘parent’ culture The political economy of leisure.

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What shapes youth drinking?

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  1. What shapes youth drinking? The role of youth culture Michael Shiner Department of Social Policy London School of Economics

  2. Youth culture in context • The central problem of adolescence • Separate and oppositional? • The wider ‘parent’ culture • The political economy of leisure

  3. Characteristics of youth drinking • Public settings • Geared towards excess • Lifestyle of hedonistic consumption • The night-time economy

  4. Estimated Alcohol Consumption in UK (litres of pure alcohol per head among those > 14 years) Source: IAS Factsheet: http://www.ias.org.uk/resources/factsheets/drinkinggb.pdf

  5. Mean alcohol consumption of pupils who had drunk in the last seven days by age - boys Source: Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2006

  6. Mean alcohol consumption of pupils who had drunk in the last seven days by age - girls Source: Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2006

  7. Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week by age Source: Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2006

  8. Percentage of adults who drank more than twice recommended limits at least once in last week Source: General Household Survey, 2005

  9. Subterannean playJock Young (1971) • Delinquency is rooted in widely held subterranean values e.g. excitement, adventure and thrill seeking • Subterranean values are subsumed under ethos of productivity • Alcohol and drugs can be used as a vehicle to the world of subterranean values • Privileged position of youth

  10. The post industrial transformation • Late modernity has been ‘tipped towards the subterranean world of leisure’ • The cultural revolution and the new individualism • Collapse of manufacturing and the growing economic importance of leisure • Regeneration and the night time economy • Price of alcohol

  11. Policy implications Managing the transition to independent drinking • Economic interests v public health • Responsive regulation • Situational and social prevention • Safer drinking environments • Social learning

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