Policy Press
TEN A theoretical framework for achieving the healthy society
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Graham Scambler
Abstract
In Chapter Ten the obstacles to achieving better population health in countries such as the UK, and globally, are confronted. It is argued that these obstacles can only be overcome via transformatory social structural change. At present the reforms being advanced are failing. This is because they sidestep or ignore the need for change beyond piecemeal social engineering. A case is made that it is mass extra-parliamentary action in countries such as the UK that is a prerequisite for deep change, and the preconditions for such action are analysed in the light of contemporary research.
Abstract
In Chapter Ten the obstacles to achieving better population health in countries such as the UK, and globally, are confronted. It is argued that these obstacles can only be overcome via transformatory social structural change. At present the reforms being advanced are failing. This is because they sidestep or ignore the need for change beyond piecemeal social engineering. A case is made that it is mass extra-parliamentary action in countries such as the UK that is a prerequisite for deep change, and the preconditions for such action are analysed in the light of contemporary research.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of boxes vi
- About the author vii
- Introduction 1
- The healthy society 9
- Social conditions and health inequalities 24
- Markets, profits and health care 44
- The structure/culture axis 59
- COVID-19 and the fractured society 76
- The challenge of global inequality in the Anthropocene 96
- Planet Earth 107
- War 120
- Why theory matters 132
- A theoretical framework for achieving the healthy society 154
- Policy, practice and obstacles 181
- The future: whither sociology? 204
- References 215
- Index 228
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of boxes vi
- About the author vii
- Introduction 1
- The healthy society 9
- Social conditions and health inequalities 24
- Markets, profits and health care 44
- The structure/culture axis 59
- COVID-19 and the fractured society 76
- The challenge of global inequality in the Anthropocene 96
- Planet Earth 107
- War 120
- Why theory matters 132
- A theoretical framework for achieving the healthy society 154
- Policy, practice and obstacles 181
- The future: whither sociology? 204
- References 215
- Index 228
