| Governing Health and Consumption: Sensible Citizens, Behaviour and the City Contributor(s): Herrick, Clare (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847426387 ISBN-13: 9781847426383 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $142.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
| Dewey: 362.109 |
| Series: Policy Press Publications - Hardback Volumes Only |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.8" W x 9.5" (1.30 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book critically explores the urban governance of healthy lifestyles and the contemporary problematisations of the obesity, sedentarism and alcohol epidemics. To do so, it uses US and UK case studies to shed light on the complex socio-spatial dynamics of responsibilities for health and argues for an engagement with the construct of sensible behaviour at a time of its rising political salience. This book will appeal to sociologists, geographers, anthropologists and those concerned with the governance of health and lifestyle. |
