The New Public Health: Discourses, Knowledges, StrategiesPetersen and Lupton focus critically on the new public health, assessing its implications for the concepts of self, embodiment and citizenship. They argue that the new public health is used as a source of moral regulation and for distinguishing between self and other. They also explore the implications of modernist belief in the power of science and the ability of experts to solve problems through rational administrative means that underpin the strategies and rhetoric of the new public health. |
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| Title | The New Public Health: Discourses, Knowledges, Strategies The New Public Health: Health and Self in the Age of Risk |
| Authors | Alan R. Petersen (Ph. D.), Deborah Lupton |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | SAGE, 1996 |
| ISBN | 076195404X, 9780761954040 |
| Length | 208 pages |
| Subjects | › Health & Fitness / Health Care Issues Medical / Public Health Social Science / Social Work |
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