Reframing health and health policy in Ireland: A governmental analysis

By: Claire Edwards and Eluska Fernandez

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Synopsis: This edited collection is the first to apply the theoretical lens of post-Foucauldian governmentality to an analysis of health problems, practices, and policy in Ireland. Drawing on empirical examples related to childhood, obesity, mental health, smoking, ageing and others, the collection explores how specific health issues have been constructed as problematic and in need of intervention in the Irish State, and considers the strategies, discourses and technologies involved in the art of governing health in advanced liberal democracies. Bringing together academics from social policy, sociology, political science and public health, the text seeks to develop a dialogue about both the nature of health and health policy in the Ireland, but also how governmentality, as a theoretical approach, can contribute to the development of critical health policy analysis.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 280 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781526116550
Related ISBNs:: 9780719095870, 9781526116543
Publisher:: Manchester University Press
Date of Addition:: 10/16/20
Copyrighted By:: Manchester University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Medicine, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Claire Edwards
Edited by:: Eluska Fernandez