Lea Henriksson – författare

Large scale changes in work and education are a key feature of contemporary global transformations, with a pervasive politics that affects people’s experiences of workplaces and learning spaces.This thought-provoking book uses empirical research to question prevailing debates surrounding compliance at work, education and lifelong learning, and emphasises the importance of debate and dissent within the current terms and conditions of work. Examining a number of types of work, including teaching, nursing and social work, through a transnational research space, the contributors investigate how disturbances in work both constrain and enable collective identities in practical politics. Structured around three main themes, the book covers: Disturbed work: with cases of occupational reform in nursing and vocational teaching in Finland and re-regulating work in Australia Disturbing work: examining contested occupational knowledge in German school to work transitions, paraprofessional healthwork in the UK, social work in Finland, and mobilising professional expertise in US Community College faculty and Australian adult literacy Transforming politics: negotiating an ageing workforce in Germany, young adults moving through identities and careers, building a politics of ‘we’ through a global book projectAn enlightening collection of international contributions, this book will appeal to all postgraduate students, researchers and policy makers, in education, work, and lifelong learning.

Large scale changes in work and education are a key feature of contemporary global transformations, with a pervasive politics that affects people’s experiences of workplaces and learning spaces.

This thought-provoking book uses empirical research to question prevailing debates surrounding compliance at work, education and lifelong learning, and emphasises the importance of debate and dissent within the current terms and conditions of work. Examining a number of types of work, including teaching, nursing and social work, through a transnational research space, the contributors investigate how disturbances in work both constrain and enable collective identities in practical politics.

Structured around three main themes, the book covers:

Disturbed work: with cases of occupational reform in nursing and vocational teaching in Finland and re-regulating work in Australia

Disturbing work: examining contested occupational knowledge in German school to work transitions, paraprofessional healthwork in the UK, social work in Finland, and mobilising professional expertise in US Community College faculty and Australian adult literacy

Transforming politics: negotiating an ageing workforce in Germany, young adults moving through identities and careers, building a politics of ‘we’ through a global book project

An enlightening collection of international contributions, this book will appeal to all postgraduate students, researchers and policy makers, in education, work, and lifelong learning.

Large scale changes in work and education are a key feature of contemporary global transformations, with a pervasive politics that affects people’s experiences of workplaces and learning spaces.

This thought-provoking book uses empirical research to question prevailing debates surrounding compliance at work, education and lifelong learning, and emphasises the importance of debate and dissent within the current terms and conditions of work. Examining a number of types of work, including teaching, nursing and social work, through a transnational research space, the contributors investigate how disturbances in work both constrain and enable collective identities in practical politics.

Structured around three main themes, the book covers:

Disturbed work: with cases of occupational reform in nursing and vocational teaching in Finland and re-regulating work in Australia

Disturbing work: examining contested occupational knowledge in German school to work transitions, paraprofessional healthwork in the UK, social work in Finland, and mobilising professional expertise in US Community College faculty and Australian adult literacy

Transforming politics: negotiating an ageing workforce in Germany, young adults moving through identities and careers, building a politics of ‘we’ through a global book project

An enlightening collection of international contributions, this book will appeal to all postgraduate students, researchers and policy makers, in education, work, and lifelong learning.

Teos tarkastelee terveys- ja sosiaalialan ammattien ja asiantuntijuuden muotoutumista. Siinä arvioidaan, miten hyvinvointipolitiikan murros on muuttanut hyvinvointityötä ja sen merkitystä 1990-luvulta alkaen. Mitä tapahtuu perinteisille sosiaalityön ja terveysalan ammateille markkinoistamisen ja tehostamisen paineissa? Miten käy hyvinvointityön, kun hyvinvointipalveluja yksityistetään? Miten työuupumus syntyy?

Terveys on sidoksissa kulttuuriin ja moraaliin sekä hyvään yhteiskuntapolitiikkaan. Siihen vaikuttavat myös ihmisen ja yhteisön väliset suhteet ja yhteiskunnallinen työnjako. Terveys on myös taloudellinen ilmiö, johon käytetään jopa 10-15 prosenttia bruttokansantuotteesta. Yhteiskuntaluokan, ammattiryhmän, sukupuolen ja etnisen taustan mukaiset erot näkyvät kuitenkin terveydentilassa ja terveydenhuollon toimin-nassa. Tästä syystä on tärkeä tutkia ja tunnistaa, millaisia käsityksiä ja valtakamppailuja terveyteen liittyy. Käsitykset nojaavat erityisesti länsimaiseen lääketieteeseen ja muuhun asiantuntijavaltaan. Terveydenhuolto toimintana ja järjestelmänä on monen tieteenalan tutkimuskohde ja monitieteisen keskustelun kohtaamispaikka. Yhteiskunta ja terveys esittelee yhteiskuntatieteellisen terveystutkimuksen klassikoita, teorioita ja käsitteitä. Siinä nostetaan esiin yhteiskuntatieteellisen terveystutkimuksen tärkeitä ajattelijoita ja klassisia tutkimusaiheita. Teos kartoittaa terveyteen ja sairauteen liittyvää yhteiskuntatieteellistä teoriakeskustelua ja herättää pohtimaan yhteiskuntatieteellisen terveystutkimuksen empiiristä lähestymistapaa, jossa helposti vierastetaan teoreettisia kysymyksiä ja käsitteellisiä tarkasteluja.