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Toward a Biopsychosocial Welfare State? : How Medicine and Psychology Transform Social Policy /

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This open access book analyses the idea that medicine and psychology have a substantial (and underestimated) impact on Western welfare states. Based on mixed-methods analyses conducted in Germany, it analyses this influence on debates and policies related to unemployment, poverty, and childhood. The...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Reibling, Nadine (Editor), Ariaans, Mareike (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
Subjects:
Social policy.
Welfare state.
Medical policy.
Social service.
Social psychology.
Social Policy.
Welfare.
Health Policy.
Social Care.
Social Psychology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The biopsychosocial welfare state: A theoretical framework
  • Medicine, psychology, and the welfare state
  • Unemployment - A case for medicine and psychology?
  • Poverty - More than just a lack of material resources?
  • Childhood in crisis - Are medicine and psychology part of the problem or part of the solution?
  • Neoliberalism and social investment: Paving the way for medicalization and psychologization
  • The biopsychosocial welfare state: A new perspective on social policy.