The rise and fall of the 'nudge' of minimum unit pricing: The continuity of neoliberalism in alcohol policy in England

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 260-279

  Haydock, William ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communitarianism; liberalism; neocommunitarianism; rationality

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL POLICY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84898879836     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018313514804     Document Type: Article

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