Power, powerlessness and addiction / Jim Orford.
By: Orford, Jim.
Description: xv, 261 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1107034760 (hardback); 9781107034761 (hardback); 9781107610095 (paperback).Subject(s): Compulsive behavior | Control (Psychology)Genre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 616.85/84| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RC533 .O74 2013 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000000794 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-251) and index.
Powerful connections: three examples of addiction -- How addiction erodes free agency -- Addiction subordinates the interests of family members and friends -- Inequality in the power to resist addiction -- Power and powerlessness in the addiction supply industries -- Reasserting control and power in the process of change and treatment -- Facing up to the power of addiction and those who benefit from it.