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Poststructuralism, citizenship, and social policy
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ISBN: 0415182883 0415182875 9780415182874 9780415182881 0203980441 9780203980446 9786610175390 661017539X 1134739664 1280175397 9781134739615 9781134739653 9781134739660 1134739656 9781280175398 Year: 1999 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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The impact of poststructuralism on thinking in the social sciences and humanities over the last decade has been profound. However, there has been little exploration of the implications of applying poststructuralism to a critical analysis of social policy. Today, with the decline of the welfare state and the emergence of "neoliberalism," policy makers urgently need new tools of analysis in order to rethink the relationship between citizens and the state. Putting constant emphasis on the theme of citizenship, Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy shows how poststructuralist ideas can

Foucault, health and medicine
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ISBN: 1281325600 9786611325602 1134745478 0203005341 9780203005347 9781134745470 0415151775 0415151783 9780415151771 9780415151788 9781281325600 6611325603 9781134745425 9781134745463 Year: 1997 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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The reception of Michel Foucault's work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal. Foucault's concepts and methodology have encouraged new approaches to old problems and opened up new lines of enquiry. This book assesses the contribution of Foucault's work to research and thinking in the area of health and medicine, and shows how key researchers in the sociology of health and illness are currently engaging with his ideas. Foucault, Health and Medicine explores such important issues as: Foucault's concept of 'discourse', the critique of the 'medicalization' thesis,

The new public health : health and self in the age of risk
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ISBN: 1283880911 1446264416 144623827X 0761954031 9781446264416 9780761954040 Year: 2000 Publisher: London ; Thousan Oaks : Sage Publications,

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'The New Public Health' continues and develops the argument of Deborah Lupton's 'The Imperative of Health', published by SAGE in 1995. The authors use contemporary socio-cultural and political theory to examine community participation, epidemiology, etc.

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