2016 - Franco Angeli
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The power of rhetoric in re-shaping health and social care : implications for the under-served
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- Policy rhetoric in Scotland emphasises "communities" as thearena within which systemic social, economic and environmental problemscan be solved. Place-based communities are appropriate authors of inclusiveand sustainable solutions; "local voices" are the legitimate vehicle forcreating strategic direction that "fits" communities. Since the establishmentof the Scottish Parliament (1999) there has been a substantive, ideologicalshift in policy rhetoric towards "achieving through community". This isparticularly so in rural areas, where the normative narrative is self-reliant "resilient communities". The author examines the implications of this policyorientation in relation to health and social care policy, a cornerstone ofScotland's statutory landscape. The author concludes that: the alreadyempoweredare best-placed to be further empowered through theseprocesses of devolution-to-community, risking non-inclusive welfareprovision; and place-based solutions are not being underpinned by placebaseddata. The normative p
- ush is paramount; rigorous analysis is sidelinedby the seductiveness of community-centred rhetoric. [Publisher's Text].
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Sociologia e politiche sociali : 3, 2016-
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ISSN: 1972-5116
KEYWORDS
- Communities, Policy, Resilience, Welfare, Rural
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