Sebeelo Tebogo B
University of Miami, Miami, USA.
Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2020 Dec;37(6):544-556. doi: 10.1177/1455072520936811. Epub 2020 Jul 14.
The study investigated how beer drinkers coped, made sense of, and internalised the effects of the 30% alcohol levy implementation in Botswana in 2008.
Constructivist grounded theory guided this study and explored how active beer drinkers ( = 20) coped with the new alcohol reforms.
Beer drinkers resisted the new alcohol reforms through various acts theorised as individualised resistance, social drinking networks and seeking alternative drinking avenues. These resistance(s) are synergistic, fluid and situated. Actions by beer drinkers are culturally framed, enacted through the aegis of time to entrench drinker's autonomy.
The alcohol levy implementation in Botswana illuminates the intersection of power, culture and resistance. Policies that are perceived to be draconian and not evidence-based are likely to be resisted by consumers. An examination of the interplay between power/resistance is critical for future alcohol policy development.
本研究调查了啤酒饮用者如何应对、理解并内化2008年博茨瓦纳实施的30%酒精税的影响。
建构主义扎根理论指导本研究，探讨了活跃的啤酒饮用者（=20）如何应对新的酒精改革。
啤酒饮用者通过各种被理论化为个体化抵抗、社交饮酒网络和寻求替代饮酒途径的行为来抵制新的酒精改革。这些抵抗是协同的、流动的且因地制宜的。啤酒饮用者的行为是文化建构的，通过时间的庇护得以实施，以巩固饮酒者的自主性。
博茨瓦纳实施酒精税揭示了权力、文化和抵抗的交叉点。被认为严厉且缺乏证据支持的政策很可能会遭到消费者抵制。审视权力/抵抗之间的相互作用对于未来酒精政策的制定至关重要。
