The Politics of Ailment

A New Approach to Care

The Politics of Ailment
Minna Zechner, Lena Nare, Olli Karsio, Antero Olakivi, Liina Sointu, Hanna-Kaisa Hoppania, Tiina Vaittinen
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Hardback
h203 x 127mm - 160pg
22 Jul 2022 UK
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9781447343479
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This book analyses the implications of present policies and practices in old-age care, this book challenges current care policies which are geared towards the needs of the ideal liberal individual and thus disregard frailty and vulnerability. Deficiencies in old age care are some of the most pressing human rights concerns in mature welfare states. This book radically challenges the ethics of viewing care as a tradeable commodity and introduces a novel framework for understanding and analysing social care through the concept of ailment. Providing examples from the British and Finnish welfare states, it demonstrates how ailment shapes societies from the micro to the macro level. Addressing the marketisation and financialisation of care, the authors bring to light increasing inequalities in care. This book argues that ailment is part of human life and society, and therefore the politics of care should begin with a politics of ailment.
Viva Collective is composed of social policy researchers, sociologists and political theorists passionate about developing novel understandings of care and inequality. The collective was established in 2013 and is based in Finnish universities and research institutes. Minna Zechner is Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki. Lena Nare is Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki. Olli Karsio is Project Researcher at the University of Jyvaskyla. Antero Olakivi is Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki. Liina Sointu is University Instructor at Tampere University. Hanna-Kaisa Hoppania is Lecturer at the National University of Ireland Galway. Tiina Vaittinen is University Researcher at Tampere University.
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ISBN-13: 9781447343479
Published: 22 Jul 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Policy Press
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 203mm
Width: 127mm
Pages: 160

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