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The body in question : a socio-cultural approach
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ISBN: 0415321611 9780415321617 041532162X 9780415321624 9780203100110 9781134356225 9781134356263 9781134356270 Year: 2007 Publisher: London : Routledge,

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

Unmasking the masculine : Men and Identity in a sceptical age
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ISBN: 0761950133 Year: 1998 Publisher: London : Sage,

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This book attempts to rethink masculinities. It considers the way in which discourse fabricates the "ideal" male body, sexual identity, and sexual identity politics. The book explores the possibilities of new models of identity not so closely linked to the sex/gender system and for a new or reconceptualized identity politics. (Sage)

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Emotions online : feelings and affordances of digital media
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ISBN: 0367706652 9780367706654 9780367706678 0367706679 Year: 2023 Publisher: London ; New Yok, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,

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"Digital media have become deeply immersed in our lives, heightening both hopes and fears of their affordances. While the internet, mobile phones, and social media offer their users many options, they also engender concerns about their manipulations and intrusions. Emotions Online explores the visions that shape responses to media and the emotional regimes that govern people's engagements with them. This book critically examines evidence on the role of digital media in emotional life. Offering a sociological perspective, and using ideas from science and technology studies and media studies, it explores: . The dimensions and operations of the online emotional economy . Growing concerns about online harms and abuse, especially to children . 'Deep-fakes' and other forms of image-based abuse . The role of hope in shaping online behaviours . 'Digital wellbeing' and its market . COVID-19's impacts on perceptions of digital media and Big Tech . Growing challenges to centralised control of the internet, and the implications for future emotional life The book breaks new ground in the sociological study of digital media and the emotions. It reveals the dynamics of online emotional regimes showing how deceptive designs and algorithm-driven technologies serve to attract and engage users. As it argues, digital media rely on the emotional labours of many people, including social media influencers and content moderators who make the internet seem smart. The book provides an invaluable overview of the evidence and debates on the role of digital media in emotional life and guidance for future research, policy, and action"--

The new public health : health and self in the age of risk
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ISBN: 076195404X 9780761954040 Year: 1996 Publisher: London : Sage,

The new genetics and the public's health
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ISBN: 0415221420 0415221412 Year: 2001 Publisher: London : Routledge,

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This volume addresses the emerging social and political consequences of the new genetics and provides a critique of current research and practice in public health.

Health, risk, and vulnerability
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ISBN: 0415383072 0415383080 9780415383073 9780415383080 9780203933497 9781134177028 9781134177066 9781134177073 Year: 2008 Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge,

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The concept of risk is one of the most suggestive terms for evoking the cultural character of our times and for defining the purpose of social research. Risk attitudes and behaviours are understood to comprise the dominant experience of culture, politics and society in our times.Health, Risk and Vulnerability investigates the personal and political dimensions of health risk that structure everyday thought and action. In this innovative book, international contributors reflect upon the meaning and significance of risk across a broad range of social and institutional contexts, exploring current issues such as:, the escalation of the medicalization of life', involving the pathologization of normality and blurring of the divide between clinical and preventive medicine, the tendency for mental health service users to be regarded as representing a risk to others rather than being at risk' and vulnerable themselves, the development of health care systems to identify risk and prevent harm, women's reactions to high risk' screening results during pregnancy and how they communicate with other women about risk, men and the use the internet to reconstruct their social and sexual identities Charting new terrain in the sociology of health and risk, and focusing on the connections between them, Health, Risk and Vulnerability offers new perspectives on an important field of contemporary debate and provides an invaluable resource for students, teachers, researchers, and policy makers.

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
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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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The new genetics and the public's health
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ISBN: 1134598114 9786610317776 1134598122 1280317779 0203463641 Year: 2002 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health practice based on the pre-detection of disease according to calculations of genetic risk. This book by two well-known sociologists: * explores the implications of the new genetics for public health as a body of knowledge and a domain of practice * assesses the impact of new genetic information and technologies on conceptions of health, illness, embodiment, self and citizenship * critically examines the complex discourses surrounding hum

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