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The relationship between health, social care, and the teaching of disciplines such as sociology, social work, and social policy are increasing in many regions worldwide. This book explores the relationship between wider social theory and social welfare though an understanding of how power and resistance impinges on how helping professions operate in health and social spaces in the twenty-first century. The book presents a critical analysis of major Foucauldian theories and social issues in the construction and practice of health and social welfare. It discusses important theoretical and substantive contributions to current debates and presents an engaging, comprehensive, and innovative perspective to address both how power and resistance shape the way we live and how the way we live shapes the way in which we understand social relations among professionals, policy makers, and user groups in comparative contexts. The purpose of this book is to critically inform debates concerning the abstract and empirical features of health and social care examined through the lens of innovative theoretical perspectives emanating from Foucauldian theories.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction - Perspectives on Health and Social Care.- Chapter 2: New Perspectives: Foucault and applicability to Health and Social Care.- Chapter 3: A Foucauldian Analysis of Health and Social Care.- Chapter 4: Surveillance and Health and Social Care.- Chapter 5: Governmentality and Health and Social Care.- Chapter 6: Performativity and Health and Social Care.- Chapter 7: Power and Health and Social Care.- Chapter 8: Narrative, Health, Care and Family.- Chapter 9: Health and Care in the Risk Society.- Chapter 10: Towards Global Health?.
About the author
Jason Powell, is Professor and Provost at Crescent College Birmingham. He is an elected Academician of The Academy of Urbanism, and Companion of the Society of Bereavement Practitioners (7th ever in history).
Dr. Powell has interests in interdisciplinary research focusing on ageing, Foucault and social policy. He has held many research and knowledge exchange grants in the UK, EU and Asia and disseminated his research globally with many publications including 70 academic books and top ranked refereed journal articles, ie, The Journal of Applied Gerontology; Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law; The Canadian Journal of Sociology; and The Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences.
Professor Powell is Editor-in-Chief of Illness, Crisis & Loss (SAGE). He is also Series Editor, International Perspectives on Aging and International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration and Practice (Springer Nature).
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"This book explores the relationship between health, social welfare and social policy, critically examining the abstract and empirical features of health and social care in relation to Foucauldian theory, and makes important theoretical and substantive contributions to the current debate. ... this book presents an engaging, comprehensive and innovative perspective to explore how power and performativity shape the ways in which social relationships between professionals, policy makers and user groups in health and social care." (Yongjin Wang, European Journal of Social Work, November 24, 2023)
