Chapter 15 The Politics of Tackling Inequalities The Rise of Psychological Fundamentalism in Public Health and Welfare Reform
This chapter is concerned with the growing influence of non-material explanations for inequalities and a corresponding emphasis on psychological interventions, which aim to modify cognitive function or emotional disposition/affect (Friedli 2013, 2014). These developments intersect with and are reinf...
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| Format: | Elektroniczne Rozdział |
| Język: | angielski |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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| Streszczenie: | This chapter is concerned with the growing influence of non-material explanations for inequalities and a corresponding emphasis on psychological interventions, which aim to modify cognitive function or emotional disposition/affect (Friedli 2013, 2014). These developments intersect with and are reinforced by the parallel rise in brain science, which correlates a range of outcomes (crime, addiction, health behaviour, educational attainment) with brain structure (Katz 2013; Rose 2013). |
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| Opis fizyczny: | 1 electronic resource (13 p.) |
| Ograniczenie dostępu: | Open Access |