"This book seeks to counter the recent trend of speculation about the impact of globalization upon welfare states. It begins by asking two related questions: 'What exactly is globalization?' 'How, if at all, has globalization been implicated in recent changes to European welfare states?' The book combines both theoretical and empirical analysis to provide a critical account of the relationship between globalization and change in Europe ..."
"This work brings together a detailed examination of gender differences in the health needs of the UK population. Commonly held assumptions and key debates are explored such as: are older women more prone to illness than older men?; is being single bad for your health?; and are women still the madder sex?. The text provides the up-to-date empirical information regarding gendered health care consumption in the UK and the background knowle ..."
"This book seeks to counter the recent trend of speculation about the impact of globalization upon welfare states. It begins by asking two related questions: 'What exactly is globalization?''How, if at all, has globalization been implicated in recent changes to European welfare states?' The book combines both theoretical and empirical analysis to provide a critical account of the relationship between globalization and change in European ..."
""Prior examines the individual experiences of mental disorders for both men and women and explores a range of mental health policy issues including concepts of normality, trends in mental health care legislation and service delivery, the ..."
"This text offers a gendered and cross-cultural analysis of the experience of mental disorder and of society's response to people suffering from it. It incorporates theorising on masculinity and femininity and on the concept of normality."
Madness and Murder Gender, Crime and Mental Disorder in Nineteenth Century Ireland (Paperback) by PaulinePrior Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2008 by Irish Academic Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7165-2938-5, ISBN: 0-7165-2938-6