The Politics of Ailment

A New Approach to Care

von Minna Zechner, Antero Olakivi, Lena Näre, Hanna-Kaisa Hoppania, Olli Karsio, Tiina Vaittinen, Liina Sointu

134 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Deficiencies in old age care are some of the most pressing human rights concerns in mature welfare states. This book radically challenges the ethics of viewing care as a tradeable commodity and introduces a novel framework for understanding and analysing social care through the concept of ailment. Providing examples from the British and Finnish welfare states, it demonstrates how ailment shapes societies from the micro to the macro level. Addressing the marketisation and financialisation of care, the authors bring to light increasing inequalities in care. This book argues that ailment is part of human life and society, and therefore the politics of care should begin with a politics of ailment.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Altersgruppen und Generationen Ältere Menschen / höheres Alter
• ISBN: 9781447343479
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.08.2022
• Größe: 203 x 127 mm
• Verlag: Bristol University Press