The Real War on Obesity Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis /

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 documen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boswell, John (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Public health.
Sociology.
Europe-Politics and government.
Comparative government.
Public Health.
European Politics.
Comparative Politics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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. .

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