The relationship between health, social care, and the teaching of
disciplines such as sociology, social work, and social policy are
increasing in many regions worldwide. This book explores the
relationship between wider social theory and social welfare though an
understanding of how power and resistance impinges on how helping
professions operate in health and social spaces in the twenty-first
century. The book presents a critical analysis of major Foucauldian
theories and social issues in the construction and practice of health
and social welfare. It discusses important theoretical and substantive
contributions to current debates and presents an engaging,
comprehensive, and innovative perspective to address both how power and
resistance shape the way we live and how the way we live shapes the way
in which we understand social relations among professionals, policy
makers, and user groups in comparative contexts. The purpose of this
book is to critically inform debates concerning the abstract and
empirical features of health and social care examined through the lens
of innovative theoretical perspectives emanating from Foucauldian
theories.