The Real War on Obesity : Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis
Boswell, John.
The Real War on Obesity : Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis by John Boswell - London Palgrave Macmillan UK Imprint Palgrave Macmillan 2016 - 1 recurso en línea (XIII, 224 páginas) 6 ilustraciones en color - Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy .
Chapter 1. Introducing the real war on obesity -- Part I. Problem definition -- Chapter 2. Debating individual agency -- Chapter 3. Defining the scope -- Chapter 4. Disputing the problem -- Part II. Policy engagement -- Chapter 5. Representing knowledge -- Chapter 6. Claiming knowledge -- Chapter 7. Contesting knowledge -- Chapter 8. Transmitting knowledge -- Chapter 9. Conclusion. .
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.
9781137582522
Medicina
Política comparada
Gran Bretaña
RA645.O23 / 2016 EB
The Real War on Obesity : Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis by John Boswell - London Palgrave Macmillan UK Imprint Palgrave Macmillan 2016 - 1 recurso en línea (XIII, 224 páginas) 6 ilustraciones en color - Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy .
Chapter 1. Introducing the real war on obesity -- Part I. Problem definition -- Chapter 2. Debating individual agency -- Chapter 3. Defining the scope -- Chapter 4. Disputing the problem -- Part II. Policy engagement -- Chapter 5. Representing knowledge -- Chapter 6. Claiming knowledge -- Chapter 7. Contesting knowledge -- Chapter 8. Transmitting knowledge -- Chapter 9. Conclusion. .
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.
9781137582522
Medicina
Política comparada
Gran Bretaña
RA645.O23 / 2016 EB