Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Addiction written by Julie Netherland and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the work of several up-and-coming scholars working to deepen theoretical perspectives on addiction and its relationship to social control and deviance, this volume fills a gap in addiction studies by offering critical perspectives that interrogate and challenge traditional and/or mainstream understandings of addiction.