Alkohol w PRL
Alkohol w PRL
Author(s): Krzysztof KosińskiSubject(s): History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: alcohol drinking; alcoholism; ‘drunk budget’; social pathology; Polish People’s Republic
Summary/Abstract: One of the most important social and economic problems in 1945–89 turned out to be excessive drinking and alcoholism. The article presents an analysis of the structure and scale of the alcohol consumption, the significance of the spirit monopoly for the state economy, attempts to counteract the effects of alcohol drinking and abuse, social mechanisms of excessive alcohol consumption, the phenomenon of drinking alcohol without occasion and at work, and the attitudes of Poles towards drinking and alcoholism.
Journal: Polska 1944/45 - 1989
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 255-268
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish