The controversial discourse on beer in Iceland:

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

HildigunnurÓlafsdóttir¹ 

关键词: alcohol controls;    discourse;    medical doctors;    beer;    legalise;    Icel;   

DOI  :  10.2478/v10199-012-0003-1

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

AimsThis study investigates the motives and discourses around the decision taken by the Icelandic parliament in 1989 to legalise beer sales after a prohibition of 74 years. A bill was passed in 1988 that allowed the selling of beer in licensed restaurants and the state alcohol monopoly stores.DesignThe sources used for this study are mainly newspaper articles and other materials and reports published in the period 1980 to 1989.ResultsThe passing of the bill was preceded by many controversial discourses in Iceland. Lobbying groups with commercial interests campaigned for the legalisation of beer, while representatives of the alcoholism movement took no formal stance on the issue, parliamentarians broke from party lines and medical doctors were split into two factions. Common questions included the plausibility of the total consumption model, various understandings of WHO recommendations, diverging interpretations of other countries’ experiences of beer, and different views on how beer would affect individu...

【 授权许可】

CC BY