Governing How We Care: Contesting Community and Defining Difference in U.S. Public Health Programs
Author:   Susan J. Shaw
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
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9781439906828


Pages:   214
Publication Date:   02 March 2012
Format:   Hardback
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An analysis of local struggles over community health as a window into governance, citizenship, and identity formation.

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Author:   Susan J. Shaw
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9781439906828


ISBN 10:   1439906823
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   02 March 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Governmentality of Community Health Part I: Technologies of Citizenship and Difference 2. Community Health Advocates: The Professionalization of ""Like Helping Like"" 3. Neoliberalism at Work: Contemporary Scenarios of Governmental Reforms in Public Health and Social Work 4. Technologies of Culturally Appropriate Health Care Part II: Technologies of Prevention and Boundaries of Citizenship: Drug Use, Research, and Public Health 5. ""I Always Use Bleach"": The Production and Circulation of Risk and Norms in Drug Research 6. Syringe Exchange as a Practice of Governing Conclusion References Index"

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[T]his is a thoughtful contribution to relationships between government, community, and public health... Recommended. Choice, September 2012


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Susan J. Shaw is Associate Professor in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.

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