How politics and power create poor health: ‘I think they’re trying to kill folk aff’

Mhairi Mackenzie; Chik Collins; John Connolly; Gerry McCartney; Mick Doyle

How politics and power create poor health: ‘I think they’re trying to kill folk aff’

Mhairi Mackenzie
, Chik Collins
, John Connolly
, Gerry McCartney
, Mick Doyle

Research output: Other contribution

Original language	English
Type	Brief summary of research article: "Working-class discourses of politics, policy and health: ‘I don’t smoke; I don’t drink. The only thing wrong with me is my health´", Policy and Politics
Media of output	Discover of Society
Publisher	Social Research Publications
Publication status	Published - 5 Apr 2016
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Discover Society
Publisher	Social Research Publications
No.	31

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

austerity
working class
inequalities
deprivation
health
neo-liberalism

Access to Document

https://archive.discoversociety.org/2016/04/05/policy-briefing-how-politics-and-power-create-poor-health-i-think-theyre-trying-to-kill-folk-aff/

2 Active

The University of the West of Scotland-Oxfam Partnership - 'for a more equitable and sustainable Scotland'.
Collins, C. (PI), Stuart, F. (CoI), Livingstone, J. (CoI) & Pautz, H. (CoI)
4/07/11 → …
Project: Research
Explaining Excess Mortality in Scotland and Glasgow
Collins, C. (CoPI), McCartney, G. (PI), Walsh, D. (CoPI), Batty, G. D. (CoI), Levitt, I. (CoI) & Taulbut, M. (CoI)
16/06/08 → …
Project: Research

7 Article
2 Chapter
1 Book

Health inequalities, fundamental causes and power: Towards the practice of good theory
McCartney, G., Dickie, E., Escobar, O. & Collins, C., 1 Jan 2021, In: Sociology of Health & Illness. 43, 1, p. 20-39 20 p., 2.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
87 Citations (Scopus)
The Policy Discourses that Shaped the ‘Transformation’ of Glasgow in the Later 20th Century: 'Overspill’, ‘redeployment’ and the ‘culture of enterprise’
Collins, C. & Levitt, I., 18 Dec 2019, Transforming Glasgow: Beyond the Post-Industrial City. Madgin, R. & Kintrea, K. (eds.). Bristol, UK: Policy Press, p. 21-38 18 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Working-class discourses of politics, policy and health: 'I don’t smoke; I don’t drink. The only thing wrong with me is my health’
Mackenzie, M., Collins, C., Connolly, J., McCartney, G. & Doyle, M., 1 Apr 2017, In: Policy and Politics. 45, 2, p. 231-249 19 p., 1.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
28 Citations (Scopus)

More progress needed to ensure Scotland embraces sustainability
Collins, C. & Pautz, H.
1/07/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Herald follow-up article on research on health in two Ayrshire communities
Collins, C.
4/04/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Herald report on health in two Ayrshire communities: "Report says deprivation has driven decades of failure for health promotion campaigns".
Collins, C. & Mackenzie, M.
2/04/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media

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How politics and power create poor health: ‘I think they’re trying to kill folk aff’. / Mackenzie, Mhairi; Collins, Chik; Connolly, John et al.
Social Research Publications. 2016, Brief summary of research article: "Working-class discourses of politics, policy and health: ‘I don’t smoke; I don’t drink. The only thing wrong with me is my health´", Policy and Politics. (Discover Society; No. 31).

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