The New Public Health

Discourses, Knowledges, Strategies

Alan Petersen, Deborah Lupton, Alan Peterson (Murdoch University, USA)

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English

SAGE Publications Inc
01 January 2024

Cultural studies; Ethical issues & debates; Public health & preventive medicine; Health systems & services

Petersen and Lupton focus critically on the new public health, assessing its implications for the concepts of self, embodiment and citizenship. They argue that the new public health is used as a source of moral regulation and for distinguishing between self and other. They also explore the implications of modernist belief in the power of science and the ability of experts to solve problems through rational administrative means that underpin the strategies and rhetoric of the new public health.

By: Alan Petersen, Deborah Lupton, Alan Peterson (Murdoch University, USA)
Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9780761954040
ISBN 10: 076195404X
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Introduction The New Public Health A New Morality? Epidemiology Governing by Numbers The `Healthy′ Citizen Risk Discourse and `the Environment′ The `Healthy′ City The Duty to Participate Conclusion

Alan Petersen is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Murdoch University in Western Australia. His recent publications include The New Public Health: Health and Self in the Age of Risk (co-written with Deborah Lupton), Foucalut, Health and Medicine (co-edited with Robin Bunton) and Health Matters: Sociology of Illness, Prevention and Care (co-edited with Charles Waddell). Deborah Lupton is SHARP professor in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney, working in the Center for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Center and leading the Vitalities Lab. She is the author/co-author of 17 books, the latest of which are Digital Sociology (Routledge, 2015), The Quantified Self (Polity, 2016), Digital Health (Routledge, 2017), Fat, 2nd edition (Routledge, 2018), and Data Selves (Polity, 2019). She is a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and holds an honorary doctor of social science degree awarded by the University of Copenhagen.