Politics and fantasy in UK alcohol policy: a critical logics approach

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Figure 1. Timeline of key events in the MUP policy process.

Table 1. Methods and data sources of previous UK alcohol policy studies.

Study	Methods/Data Sources	Data Analysis	Outputs
UK Alcohol Policy from 2008–2011	Stakeholder analysis. 35 semi structured interview with policy makers (MPs, MSPs, civil servants), advocates (NGOs, health bodies) and alcohol industry actors (companies and trade associations) in London & Edinburgh (June – November 2010). Qualitative analysis of submissions to the Scottish Government’s (2008) alcohol policy consultation and other relevant policy documents.	Interviews were recorded, transcribed and thematically coded with Nvivo software. Coding checked with co-investigator. Consultations responses and policy documents were manually coded.	Hawkins and Holden (2013)
			Hawkins & Holden (2014)
			Hawkins, Holden, and McCambridge (2012)
			Holden and Hawkins (2012)
			Holden, Hawkins, and McCambridge (2012)
			McCambridge et al. (2013)
			Mccambridge, Hawkins, and Holden (2014)
UK Alcohol Policy since 2012	26 semi structured interview with policy makers (MPs, MSPs, civil servants) and advocates (NGOs, health bodies) in London & Edinburgh (February – October 2018).	Interviews were recorded, transcribed and thematically coded with Nvivo software. Coding checked with co-investigator.	Hawkins and McCambridge (2019a)
			Hawkins and Mccambridge (2019b)
			Hawkins and Mccambridge (2019c)
			Hawkins and Mccambridge (2020)
			Hawkins and McCambridge (2021)

Scottish Government 2008. Changing Scotland’s Relationship with Alcohol: A Discussion Paper on Our Strategic Approach [Online]. Available: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/227785/0061677.pdf.

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Hawkins, B., and C. Holden. 2013. “Framing the Alcohol Policy Debate: Industry Actors and the Regulation of the UK Beverage Alcohol Market.” Critical Policy Studies 7 (1): 53–71. doi:10.1080/19460171.2013.766023.

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Hawkins, B., and C. Holden. 2014. “‘Water Dripping on stone’? Industry Lobbying and UK Alcohol Policy.” Policy & Politics 42 (1): 55–70.

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Hawkins, B., C. Holden, and J. McCambridge. 2012. “Alcohol Industry Influence on UK Alcohol Policy: A New Research Agenda for Public Health.” Critical Public Health 22 (3): 297–305. doi:10.1080/09581596.2012.658027.

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Holden, and B. Hawkins. 2012. “‘Whisky gloss’: The Alcohol Industry, Devolution and Policy Communities in Scotland.” Public Policy and Administration 28 (3): 253–273. doi:10.1177/0952076712452290.

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Holden, C., B. Hawkins, and J. McCambridge. 2012. “Cleavages and Co-Operation in the UK Alcohol Industry: A Qualitative Study.” BMC Public Health 12 (1): 483. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-483.

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McCambridge, J., B. Hawkins, and C. Holden. 2013. “Industry Use of Evidence to Influence Alcohol Policy: A Case Study of Submissions to the 2008 Scottish Government Consultation.” PLoS Medicine 10 (4): e1001431. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001431.

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McCambridge, J., B. Hawkins, and C. Holden 2014. The Challenge Corporate Lobbying Poses to Reducing Society’s Alcohol Problems: Insights from UK Evidence on Minimum Unit Pricing. Addiction [Online]. Available: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.12380/full.

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Hawkins, B., and J. McCambridge. 2019a. “Policy Windows and Multiple Streams: An Analysis of Alcohol Pricing Policy in England.” Policy & Politics 48 (2): 315–333. doi:10.1332/030557319X15724461566370.

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Hawkins, B., and J. McCambridge. 2019b. “Public-Private Partnerships and the Politics of Alcohol Policy in England: The Coalition Government’s Public Health ‘Responsibility Deal’.” BMC Public Health 19 (1): 1477. doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7787-9.

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Hawkins, B., and J. McCambridge. 2019c. “Public-Private Partnerships and the Politics of Alcohol Policy in England: The Coalition Government’s Public Health ‘Responsibility Deal’.” BMC Public Health 19 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7787-9.

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Hawkins, B., and J. McCambridge. 2020. “‘Tied Up in a Legal mess’: The Alcohol Industry’s Use of Litigation to Oppose Minimum Alcohol Pricing in Scotland.” Scottish Affairs 29 (1): 3–23. doi:10.3366/scot.2020.0304.

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Hawkins, B., and J. McCambridge. 2021. “Alcohol Policy, Multi-Level Governance and Corporate Political Strategy: The Campaign for Scotland’s Minimum Unit Pricing in Edinburgh, London and Brussels.” The British Journal of Politics and International Relations 23 (3): 391–409. doi:10.1177/1369148120959040.

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