Sociology, Health and the Fractured Society

A Critical Realist Account

By:

Graham Scambler

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Routledge Studies in Critical Realism

Show Hide Adult Content

$399.99

Available from supplier

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $100.00 with Afterpay Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

Around 24 Jun - 4 Jul using International Courier

Description

It is now accepted that many of the determinants of health and health care are social. This volume offers a philosophical and theoretical frame within which the nature and extent of this might be optimally examined. The analysis is rooted in Roy Bhaskar’s basic and dialectical critical realism, although it draws also on the critical theory of Jurgen Habermas. It purports to provide an ontologically and epistemologically grounded comparative sociology of contemporary health and health care in the twenty-first century. Carrying a fourfold agenda, the volume sets out a dialectical critical realist frame for a comparative sociology of health and health care; it clarifies sociology’s potential and limitations; it suggests a research programme and a series of questions for investigation; and it offers an argument for an action sociology embedded in a dialectical theory of transformative action. This volume will be of interest to students and scholars in the areas of philosophy, sociology and critical realism, as well as those working in health and social care.

Author Biography:

Graham Scambler was Professor of Medical Sociology at UCL until his retirement in 2013, and is currently Emeritus Professor of Sociology at UCL and Visiting Professor of Sociology at Surrey University.

Release date Australia

February 27th, 2018

Author

Graham Scambler

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

21 Tables, black and white

Pages

208

Series

Routledge Studies in Critical Realism

ISBN-13

9781138909823

Product ID

24024461

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here