The Real War on Obesity

Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis

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John Boswell

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This book sheds new light on the political battle to define and construct obesity as a policy issue. Through a rich analysis of the debates in Australia and the UK, it develops a nuanced analysis of the competing narratives that actors rely on to make sense of and argue about this issue, and documents how and to what effect they draw on scientific evidence to support their accounts. The real 'war on obesity', it demonstrates, has always been over the meaning and nature of this public health crisis. This insightful work will interest scholars of interpretive policy studies, critical public health and science and technology studies.

Author Biography:

John Boswell is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Southampton, UK. He conducts research on democratic governance, health policy and interpretive research methodology.

Release date Australia

August 9th, 2016

Author

John Boswell

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Edition

1st ed. 2016

Illustrations

6 Illustrations, color; XIII, 224 p. 6 illus. in color.

Pages

224

Dimensions

148x210x19

ISBN-13

9781137582515

Product ID

25026046

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