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'It's a small world': mental health policy under welfare capitalism since 1945
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UNSPECIFIED (2000) 'It's a small world': mental health policy under welfare capitalism since 1945. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS, 22 (5). pp. 602-620. ISSN 0141-9889.
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Abstract
Much sociological theorising about community care in mental health universalises from Anglo-American contexts. So do assessments of policy shifts towards deinstitutionalisation, whose tendency towards negativity largely reflects the downsized mental health care systems that have emerged in welfare regimes, strongly influenced by neoliberal political ideology. Drawing on the framework of Esping-Anderson (1990), the article seeks to theorise from a wider range of welfare regimes, including Sweden and Italy, where political influences on policy provide more support for a degree of optimism. It also seeks to demonstrate in outline the advantages of analysing global influences on mental health policy under welfare capitalism, as key factors shaping policy throughout the whole post-1945 period.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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Journal or Publication Title: | SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS | ||||
Publisher: | BLACKWELL PUBL LTD | ||||
ISSN: | 0141-9889 | ||||
Official Date: | September 2000 | ||||
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Volume: | 22 | ||||
Number: | 5 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 19 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 602-620 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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