Twentieth century public health initiatives have been crucially
informed by perceptions and constructions of risk. Notions of risk
identification, assessment and mitigation have guided political and
institutional actions even before these concepts became an explicit
part of the language of public administration and policy making.
Past analyses investigating the link between risk perceptions and
public health are relatively rare, and where researchers have
investigated this nexus, it has typically been assumed that the
collective identification of health risks has led to progressive
improvements in public health activities.Risk and the Politics of
Public Health addresses this gap by presenting a detailed critical
historical analysis of the evolution of risk thinking within
medical and health related discourses. Grouped around the four core
themes of 'immigration', 'race', 'armed conflict' and 'detention
and prevention' this book highlights the innovative capacity of
risk related concepts as well as their vulnerability to the
dysfunctional effects of dominant social ideologies. Risk and the
Politics of Public Health is an essential reference for those who
seek to understand the interplay of concepts of risk and public
health throughout history as well as those who wish to gain a
critical understanding of the social dynamics which have
underpinned, and continue to underpin, this complex interaction.
General
| Imprint: |
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
Singapore |
| Release date: |
2025 |
| Authors: |
Matthias Beck
• Donnacha Sean Lucey
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| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
260 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-981-4689-52-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
981-4689-52-1 |
| Barcode: |
9789814689526 |
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