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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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
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505 0 |a 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. . 
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