Bureaucracy, case geography and the governance of the inebriate in Scotland (1898–1918)
(2019)
Journal Article
Beckingham, D. (2019). Bureaucracy, case geography and the governance of the inebriate in Scotland (1898–1918). Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 37(8), 1434-1451. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399654419833024
This article considers the late-Victorian and Edwardian legislative treatment of problem drunkenness in Scotland under the 1898 Inebriates Act. It examines the uneven enactment of the law, by geography and gender, and exposes how mundane questions of... Read More about Bureaucracy, case geography and the governance of the inebriate in Scotland (1898–1918).