The Sociology of Health Promotion - Critical Analyses of Consumption, Lifestyle and Risk (Hardcover, Reissue)

"The Sociology of Health Promotion" offers analyses of contemporary public health policy, lifestyle, consumption, risk and health. It also examines socio-political critiques of health promotion and reflects upon their implications for policy and practice. Topics include: the institutional emergence of health promotion at both global and national levels; issues of gender and race in health promotion; accidents and the risk of society; smoking; HIV and AIDS; aging; and the body and health related consumption. A key theme of the collection is that health promotion is emblematic of wider socio-cultural changes such as the demise of institutional forms of welfare and social control, a blurring of "expert" and lay knowledge, a heightened collective perception of uncontainable risks, and a shift to a consumer rather than a producer driven economy.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1995
First published:	1995
Editors:	Robin Bunton • Roger Burrows • Sarah Nettleton
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-11646-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General
LSN:	0-415-11646-5
Barcode:	9780415116466

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