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What shapes youth drinking?
The role of youth culture
Michael ShinerDepartment of Social PolicyLondon School of Economics
Youth culture in context
The central problem of adolescence Separate and oppositional?
The wider ‘parent’ culture
The political economy of leisure
Characteristics of youth drinking
Public settings
Geared towards excess
Lifestyle of hedonistic consumption
The night-time economy
Estimated Alcohol Consumption in UK (litres of pure alcohol per head among those > 14 years)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Source: IAS Factsheet: http://www.ias.org.uk/resources/factsheets/drinkinggb.pdf
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
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
11-13
14
15
Mean alcohol consumption of pupils who had drunk in the last seven days by age - girls
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
11-13
14
15
Source: Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2006
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
11 12 13 14 15
male female
Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week by age
Source: Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2006
Percentage of adults who drank more than twice recommended limits at least once in last week
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
16-24 25-44 45-64 65 and over
male female
Source: General Household Survey, 2005
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
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
Policy implications Managing the transition to independent drinking
Economic interests v public health
Responsive regulation
Situational and social prevention
Safer drinking environments
Social learning
