Governing health and consumption: Sensible citizens, behaviour and the city
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Clare Herrick (Author)
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This book critically explores the urban governance of healthy lifestyles and the contemporary problematisations of the obesity, sedentarism and alcohol "epidemics". To do so, it uses US and UK case studies to shed light on the complex socio-spatial dynamics of responsibilities for health and argues for an engagement with the construct of "sensible" behaviour at a time of its rising political salience. This book will appeal to sociologists, geographers, anthropologists and those concerned with the governance of health and lifestyle. No
About the Author
Clare Herrick is Lecturer in Human Geography in the Cities Group, King's College London. She undertook her PhD at UCL and has held visiting scholar positions at the University of Texas, Austin, the National University of Singapore and, most recently, the University of Cape Town.Her research critically explores the intersections of risky health behaviours with urban space, political ecologies and contemporary governance strategies.
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- Contributor: Clare Herrick
- Imprint: Policy Press
- ISBN13: 9781847426383
- Number of Pages: 264
- Packaged Dimensions: 172x240mm
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Bristol University Press
- Release Date: 2011-07-27
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Clare Herrick is Lecturer in Human Geography in the Cities Group, King's College London. She undertook her PhD at UCL and has held visiting scholar positions at the University of Texas, Austin, the National University of Singapore and, most recently, the University of Cape Town.Her research critically explores the intersections of risky health behaviours with urban space, political ecologies and contemporary governance strategies.
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