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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Phil Hadfield (Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of York)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.432kg ISBN: 9780199297863ISBN 10: 019929786 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 25 May 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents"Acknowledgements 1: ""Couldn't Give a XXXX for Last Orders?"" - The Politics of the Night I Nights Past 2: The Uses of Darkness 3: Paradise Lost: The Rise of the Night-time High Street II The Contemporary Environment 4: Behind Bars: Social Control in Licensed Premises 5: Contesting Public Space III Contemporary Contestations 6: The Combatants 7: Rose-Coloured Spectacles versus the Prophecies of Doom (The Shaping of Trial Discourse) 8: Notes from the Frontline: Licensing and the Courts 9: Contesting the Night Appendix ""Price Discounts 'Out of Control' in Birmingham"" Glossary of Terms References"ReviewsHadfield's analysis of licensing procedure was both original and remarkably insightful, and points the way for further ethnographic work on licensing trials, given their huge potential to shape strategy at the local and national levels Hadfield provides a powerful critique of the existing licensing system and its inability to reflect on, and respond to, evidence relating to criminality in licensed spaces. His conclusion that an inquisitorial mode of licensing hearing would lead to fairer and more representative licensing decisions is unquestionable British Journal of Criminology Phil Hadfield is a prolific and highly engaging writer on Britain's night-time economy...Bar Wars is a highly recommended tour-de-force Hadfield systematically unpicks the minutiae of the historical, social, cultural, economic and legal forces which have shaped our contemporary urban spaces at night, and opens up intellectual space for further critical engagement with the consequences of, and possible alternatives to, the commercialisation of British high streets. As public health and public order concerns around British alcohol consumption continue, carefully researched, theoretically innovative, considered accounts of Britain's night-time economy such as Bar Wars are much needed by those seeking to understand how we find ourselves in this drink-sodden, vomit-splattered mess, and how we may, if not get out of it, at least minimise its harmful effects. British Journal of Sociology An insider's view of the exploitative and occasionally ruthless underbelly of the licensed venues that populate the British 'high-street'The power plays, the striking of deals, competition for prized locations and the stockpiling of transferable licenses, summon up images of a giant game of monopoly played out on real streets with real hotels and really big dollars(the author) leaves us in no doubt of his authenticity and personal credentials for writing this bookTimely, intelligently written, supported by insight from personal experience - but tempered with academic rigour -Bar Wars is recommended reading for anyone interested in the inexorable and complex relations between the late-night drinking environment, crime, regulation, governance and policy. Drug and Alcohol Review A useful contribution to the relatively scant canon of literature on the role and importance of licensing and the Night-time Economy. It is not a legal text and is fairly critical of lawyers. As a result it forces the legal reader to reconsider some of his or her own views and prejudices when one sees the legal profession and process under scrutiny by a non-legal academic observerI would recommend this book to anyone interested in licensing law. Entertainment and Sports Law Journal With all-night drinking two years old last November, you might like to invest your beer money in a copy of Bar Wars, OUP's excellent new study of the night-tme economy in British cities Davis Bowes, Thames View, January 2008 Author InformationPhil Hadfield is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of York. His main areas of research include nightlife and crime, alcohol policy, workplace violence, policing, urban sociology, and symbolic interactionism. Recent publications include Bouncers: Violence and Governance in the Night-time Economy, (OUP, 2003) and 'Door Lore': The Art and Economics of Intimidation,' British Journal of Criminology, 42/2, 352-370 (winner of the Radzinowicz Memorial Prize 2002), both with Dick Hobbs, Stuart Lister and Simon Winlow. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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