Lifestylisation of the social
The government of diabetes care in Denmark
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4218405 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sine Grønborg Knudsen (0000-0001-5430-5764, Roskilde University, corresponding author), Peter Triantafillou (0000-0002-5807-6011, Roskilde University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 775-792 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4593 • E-ISSN: 1461-7196 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1363459319899454 |
| PMID | 31965853 |
| OpenAlex | W3002716968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
Since the 1970s, the public authorities of many OECD countries have emphasised the need for preventing lifestyle diseases and promoting the vigour of their populations. Based on the Foucauldian analytics of dispositive, we critically address some of the normative implications of the preventive interventions in the area of type 2 diabetes care. Through an analysis of public health documents from 1981 to 2016, it is shown that the government of lifestyle was extended and institutionalised by a reform of the Danish public sector in 2007. Following the reform, rationalities of public health policies sought to prevent unhealthy lifestyles not only through individual behaviour but also through the social surroundings of citizens. In contrast to the claim that we are seeing a retraction of state responsibility and interventions in the area of public health, it is suggested that we are witnessing an expansion in state ambitions expressed through a lifestyle dispositive. These ambitions are less about transferring the responsibility to the individual and more about governing and mobilising the social relations and environments of type 2 diabetes patients and citizens in general to make the everyday choice of a healthy lifestyle easier
Danish · Health care · Normative · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public health · Public relations · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration · Public Health Policies and Education
The Logic of Care
Using Documents in Social Research
The Subject and Power
Powers of Freedom
The Will to Empower
Post-Soviet Social
My health is not a job’
Healthy living guidelines and the disconnect with everyday life
The rising importance of local government in the United States
Det sunde fællesskab
Biopower at the molar level
Rethinking ‘risk’ and self-management for chronic illness
Responsibilisation on Government's Terms
Origins of the Problem of Health-related Behaviours
Extending the realm of health policy with a “new public health” approach
Structural Reform in Denmark, 2007–09
Foucault's dispositive
The context of empowerment and self-care within the field of diabetes
The Chronic Responsibility
Factish relations
The social in medicine
The rise of surveillance medicine
Japan's Public Health Paradigm
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |