The Real War on Obesity Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Boswell, John (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Comparative politics.; Great Britain > Politics and government.; Public health.; Sociology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Sociology, general.; British Politics.; Comparative Politics.

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...