The Real War on Obesity: Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis - Couverture rigide

Boswell, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1137582510 ISBN 13 : 9781137582515

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Synopsis

This book sheds new light on the political battle to define and construct obesity as a policy issue. Through a rich analysis of the debates in Australia and the UK, it develops a nuanced analysis of the competing narratives that actors rely on to make sense of and argue about this issue, and documents how and to what effect they draw on scientific evidence to support their accounts. The real 'war on obesity', it demonstrates, has always been over the meaning and nature of this public health crisis. This insightful work will interest scholars of interpretive policy studies, critical public health and science and technology studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Boswell is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Southampton, UK. He conducts research on democratic governance, health policy and interpretive research methodology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1137582510
• ISBN 13: 9781137582515
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 237
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