Social Policy and the Body

ALISON ASSITER Professor of Feminist Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Science at the University of the West of England FIONA BROOKS Principal Research Fellow in the Institute of Health Services Research at the University of Luton HELEN LOMAX Research Fellow in the Institute of Health Services Research at the University of Luton MARTIN MITCHELL Research Fellow in the Institute of Health Services Research at the University of Luton JOHN PALEY Assistant Director of the Institute of Health Services Research at the University of Luton JOSAe PARRY Senior Lecture in Sociology at the University of Luton NOEL PARRY author of a number of books on the professions and empirical studies of work and leisure

The body as a focus for power and resistance in differing welfare regimes is further explored in individual contributions on health and social care, bodily metaphors in social policy and the relationship between animal and human welfare.The opening chapters suggest that transitions in welfare capitalism can be understood in terms of shifts in dominant 'corporeal' discourses. The body as a focus for power and resistance in differing welfare regimes is further explored in individual contributions on health and social care, bodily metaphors in social policy and the relationship between animal and human welfare. In highlighting the significance of the body in social policy, the book opens up a novel, and potentially rich, vein of academic enquiry.