A Continental Ambience? Lessons in Managing Alcohol-related Evening and Night-time Entertainment from Four European Capitals

Roberts, Marion; Turner, Chris; Greenfield, Steve; Osborn, Guy

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“…This paper emerged out of a two-year study into good practice in managing the evening economy where the investigators undertook fieldwork across England (Roberts, Turner, Greenfield, & Osborn, 2006). Wandering the streets of some of Britain's busiest late-night hotspots, it was hard not to be struck by the number of hen parties.…”

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Hen parties: Bonding or brawling?

Eldridge

Roberts

2008

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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While the number of marriages taking place in Britain continues to decline, the hen party has become both an accepted marriage ritual and a source of controversy. In previous research we have found bar owners and town centre managers eager to discourage hen parties from their town centres and venues. Equally, in the popular press, the hen party is increasingly portrayed in comparable terms to the 'stag do'; a night of drunken excess and embarrassing misdemeanours. This paper examines the hen party in terms of the articulation of gender, alcohol and public space. Through a wide-ranging literature survey and pilot interviews, we ask if the hen party exaggerates existing behaviours and practices, or whether it represents an entirely new, albeit limited, example of how women are using public space at night. Against the backdrop of a historical anxiety about women and public space, and growing concern about women and binge drinking, we examine the hen party as both a site of transgression, empowerment and female bonding, and as a unique opportunity to explore women's shifting attitudes to late-night culture.

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Hen parties: Bonding or brawling?

Eldridge

Roberts

2008

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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“…242, 599). Such transformations can be seen in many cities of Europe such as in Copenhagen (Roberts et al, 2006) and in Spain (Rodriguez Basanta, 2009), and some cities in Britain (for example, Hadfield and Measham, 2009;Jayne et al, 2008c). Yet, unlike in Britain, where the so-called 24-hour society led to new bans and rules on antisocial behaviour, no particular law was enacted against antisocial behaviour in Zurich.…”

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“…Increased drinking-related disorders and policing costs are central to the debates concerning the nightlife areas of cities (Measham and Brain, 2005). Research mainly focuses on the transformation of British city centres into recreational spaces which is accompanied by an increase and diversification of drinking establishments and the emergence of liminal drinking spaces of hedonism and disorder (for example, Chatterton and Hollands, 2003;Crawford, 2009;Dixon et al, 2006;Hayward and Hobbs, 2007;Hobbs et al, 2005;Measham and Brain, 2005;Roberts et al, 2006). The research emphasises how drinking is shaped by the specific space of inner-city drinking zones.…”

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Youth Drinking in Public Places: The Production of Drinking Spaces in and Outside Nightlife Areas

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Landolt

2013

Urban Studies

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This article explores youth drinking in Zurich, Switzerland, on both public squares away from nightlife areas, referred to as 'square street drinking' and on the street within the vicinity of nightclubs, defined as 'club street drinking'. Taking a relational space approach, the analysis adds a social perspective to the dominant economic-political perspective to drinking in urban nightlife zones. The results suggest that the normative landscapes of drinking are constructed differently: the same regulation by police and social workers works differently between the two areas both in terms of inclusion and exclusion as well as in terms of how the material and social dimensions interact. Production and regulation are dependent on how young people participate in these processes. This finding suggests that it would be fruitful to develop a regulation approach on drinking in the post-industrial city that is sensitive to young people as co-producers of space. AbstractThis article explores youth drinking in Zurich, Switzerland, on both public squares away from nightlife areas, referred to as 'square street drinking' and on the street within the vicinity of nightclubs, defined as 'club street drinking'. Taking a relational space approach, the analysis adds a social perspective to the dominant economicpolitical perspective to drinking in urban nightlife zones. The results suggest that the normative landscapes of drinking are constructed differently: the same regulation by police and social workers works differently between the two areas both in terms of inclusion and exclusion as well as in terms of how the material and social dimensions interact. Production and regulation are dependent on how young people participate in these processes. This finding suggests that it would be fruitful to develop a regulation approach on drinking in the post-industrial city that is sensitive to young people as co-producers of space.

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“…Sustainable transport may play a supporting role in that. For example, converting a car park into a popular pedestrian area, such as Copenhagen's Nyhavn (see below), may encourage the development of small businesses, shops and restaurants in residential buildings (see Roberts et al, 2006, Whitehead et al, 2006, for other examples).…”

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Part II: Policy instruments for sustainable road transport

Santos

Behrendt

Teytelboym

2010

Research in Transportation Economics

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Without questioning the fact that to achieve efficiency emitters should pay for the true costs of their actions (a core principle of economic policies such as pollution taxes), we find sufficient evidence in the literature to demonstrate that many other policy instruments can be used in combination with taxes and permits to ensure that the transport needs of the present generation can be met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet any needs of their own.

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A Continental Ambience? Lessons in Managing Alcohol-related Evening and Night-time Entertainment from Four European Capitals

Cited by 36 publications

References 12 publications

Hen parties: Bonding or brawling?

Hen parties: Bonding or brawling?

Youth Drinking in Public Places: The Production of Drinking Spaces in and Outside Nightlife Areas

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