The Real War on Obesity Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis
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 documen...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan
2016, 2016
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introducing the real ‘war on obesity’
- Part I. Problem definition
- Chapter 2. Debating individual agency
- Chapter 3. Defining the scope
- Chapter 4. Disputing the problem
- Part II. Policy engagement
- Chapter 5. Representing knowledge
- Chapter 6. Claiming knowledge
- Chapter 7. Contesting knowledge
- Chapter 8. Transmitting knowledge
- Chapter 9. Conclusion.