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The Politics of Ailment : A New Approach to Care (2022)

Zechner, M., Näre, L., Karsio, O., Olakivi, A., Sointu, L., Hoppania, H.-K., & Vaittinen, T. (2022). The Politics of Ailment : A New Approach to Care. Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447343486

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Zechner, Minna; Näre, Lena; Karsio, Olli; Olakivi, Antero; Sointu, Liina; Hoppania, Hanna-Kaisa; Vaittinen, Tiina

ISBN: 978-1-4473-4347-9

eISBN: 978-1-4473-4348-6

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 22/07/2022

Number of pages in the book: 134

Publisher: Policy Press

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447343486

Publication open access: Not open

Publication channel open access: Channel is not openly available

Abstract

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.

Keywords: care for the elderly; care services; diseases; public health service; commercialisation (activity); old age policy; social policy; welfare state; ethics; inequality

Free keywords: ailment; social care; care policy; old age care; marketization

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Reporting Year: 2022

JUFO rating: 1