The Politics of Ailment

A New Approach to Care

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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.

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About the author

Viva Collective is composed of social policy researchers, sociologists and political theorists passionate about developing novel understandings of care and inequality. The collective was established in 2013 and is based in Finnish universities and research institutes.

Minna Zechner is Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki.

Lena Näre is Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki.

Olli Karsio is Project Researcher at the University of Jyväskylä.

Antero Olakivi is Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki.

Liina Sointu is University Instructor at Tampere University.

Hanna-Kaisa Hoppania is Lecturer at the National University of Ireland Galway.

Tiina Vaittinen is University Researcher at Tampere University.

ISBN: 9781447343493

Format: eBook

Publication Date: 22/07/2022

Imprint: Policy Press