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Social Policy and the Body: Transitions in Corporeal Discourse

By Hartley Dean , Jo Campling (eds.) , Kathryn Ellis

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2000
ISBN
978-0-333-71385-3, 978-0-230-37753-0, 978-0-312-22058-7, 62-1999-361-6
DOI
10.1057/9780230377530
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13791062 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XXV, 219\245
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Sociology of Sport and Leisure; Politics of the We

Description

The opening chapters suggest that transitions in welfare capitalism can be understood in terms of shifts in dominant 'corporeal' discourses. The body as a focus for power and resistance in differing welfare regimes is further explored in individual contributions on health and social care, bodily metaphors in social policy and the relationship between animal and human welfare. In highlighting the significance of the body in social policy, the book opens up a novel, and potentially rich, vein of academic enquiry.

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