Normalization and "outsiderhood" [[electronic resource] ] : feminist readings of a neoliberal welfare state / / book editors, Siv Fahlgren, Anders Johansson & Diana Mulinari

• Pubblicazione: [U.A.E.], : Bentham eBooks, [2011]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (130 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.12209
• Soggetto topico: Neoliberalism; Feminism; Well-being
• Altri autori: FahlgrenSiv JohanssonAnders MulinariDiana
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Doing the normal : exploring institutional practice -- pt. 2. What the normal does : exploring institutional discourses -- pt. 3. Resisting academic normality : a room of our own.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume presents an illuminating analysis of the ways in which normalization processes and practices operate in a welfare state in an age of neoliberalism. This informative book problematizes the meaning of the phrase 'normalization processes and practices', that for an Anglophone audience may smack of functionalism. The historical context of the deliberate adoption of normalization processes and practices in Sweden in the post-World War II era was, in the first instance, an expression of the inclusivity designed to decrease inequalities and to achieve social justice. However all the contr
• Titolo autorizzato: Normalization and "outsiderhood"
• ISBN: 1-60805-279-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781964503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II