Author : Minna Zechner
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447343484
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)
Book Synopsis The Politics of Ailment by : Minna Zechner
Download or read book The Politics of Ailment written by Minna Zechner and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-07-22 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deficiencies in old age care are some of the most pressing human rights concerns in mature welfare states. This book radically challenges the ethics of viewing care as a tradeable commodity and introduces a novel framework for understanding and analysing social care through the concept of ailment. Providing examples from the British and Finnish welfare states, it demonstrates how ailment shapes societies from the micro to the macro level. Addressing the marketisation and financialisation of care, the authors bring to light increasing inequalities in care. This book argues that ailment is part of human life and society, and therefore the politics of care should begin with a politics of ailment.