S. Brown
Risk, resistance and the neoliberal agenda: young people, health and well-being in the UK, Canada and Australia
Brown, S.; Shoveller, J.; Chabot, C.; La Montagne, A.
Authors
J. Shoveller
C. Chabot
A. La Montagne
Abstract
In this article we describe how concepts of risk are both generated by and used to reinforce a neoliberal agenda in relation to the health and well-being of young people. We examine how risk may be used as a tool to advance ideals such as rational choice and individual responsibility, and how this can further disadvantage young people living within the contexts of structural disadvantage (such as geographic areas of long-term unemployment; communities that experience racial discrimination). We also identify the ways in which risk is applied in uneven ways within structurally disadvantaged contexts. To suggest a way forward, we articulate a set of principles and strategies that offer up a means of resisting neoliberal imperatives and suggest how these might play out at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels. To do this, we discuss examples from the UK, Canadian and Australian contexts to illustrate how young people resist being labelled as risky, and how it is possible to engage in health equity-enhancing actions, despite seemingly deterministic forces. The cases we describe reveal some of the vulnerabilities (and hence opportunities) within the seemingly impenetrable world view and powers of neoliberals, and point towards the potential to formulate an agenda of resistance and new directions for young people's health promotion.
Citation
Brown, S., Shoveller, J., Chabot, C., & La Montagne, A. (2013). Risk, resistance and the neoliberal agenda: young people, health and well-being in the UK, Canada and Australia. Health, Risk and Society, 15(4), 333-346. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2013.796346
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jun 1, 2013 |
Deposit Date | Feb 13, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Health, Risk and Society |
Print ISSN | 1369-8575 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-8331 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 15 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 333-346 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2013.796346 |
Keywords | Risk, Health policy, Neoliberal shifts, Young people's health, Structural disadvantage/social inequities. |
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This is an electronic version of an article published in Brown, S. and Shoveller, J. and Chabot, C. and La Montagne, A. (2013) 'Risk, resistance and the neoliberal agenda : young people, health and well-being in the UK, Canada and Australia.', Health, risk and society., 15 (4). pp. 333-346.
Health, risk and society is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-8575&volume=15&issue=4&spage=333
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