The Real War on Obesity
The Real War on Obesity: Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis
Palgrave Macmillan UK | Public Health | August 28, 2016 | ISBN-10: 1137582510 | 224 pages | pdf | 4.22 mb
Palgrave Macmillan UK | Public Health | August 28, 2016 | ISBN-10: 1137582510 | 224 pages | pdf | 4.22 mb
Authors: Boswell, John
Provides an engaging and jargon-free analysis of the discourses surrounding obesity policy
Offers a fresh, lively analysis of this contested policy field without getting mired in strong normative claims
Analyses the nature of competing knowledge claims rather than advancing one perspective over another
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.
Number of Illustrations and Tables
6 illustrations in colour
Topics
Public Health
Sociology, general
British Politics
Comparative Politics
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