Title |
Cleavages and co-operation in the UK alcohol industry: A qualitative study
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, June 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-483 |
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Authors |
Chris Holden, Benjamin Hawkins, Jim McCambridge |
Abstract |
It is widely believed that corporate actors exert substantial influence on the making of public health policy, including in the alcohol field. However, the industry is far from being monolithic, comprising a range of producers and retailers with varying and diverse interests. With a focus on contemporary debates concerning the minimum pricing of alcohol in the UK, this study examined the differing interests of actors within the alcohol industry, the cleavages which emerged between them on this issue and how this impacted on their ability to organise themselves collectively to influence the policy process. We conducted 35 semi-structured interviews between June and November 2010 with respondents from all sectors of the industry as well as a range of non-industry actors who had knowledge of the alcohol policy process, including former Ministers, Members of the UK Parliament and the Scottish Parliament, civil servants, members of civil society organisations and professionals. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | 50% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
France | 1 | 1% |
Canada | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 65 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 18 | 26% |
Researcher | 10 | 15% |
Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 4% |
Other | 14 | 21% |
Unknown | 15 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 24% |
Social Sciences | 16 | 24% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 3% |
Psychology | 2 | 3% |
Other | 11 | 16% |
Unknown | 17 | 25% |