Civil society and the Health and Social Care Act in England and Wales: Theory and praxis for the twenty-first century

Scambler, Graham; Scambler, Sasha; Speed, Ewen

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.035

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“…These factors are then used to illuminate why organizations flourish, or deteriorate, assessed in terms of who stays or exits from the organization over time. In the public policy arena, the meaning of civil society and its import for praxis in health and social care is being reexamined (Scambler et al, 2014), with the accompanying concern that a new "class/command dynamic" has led to oligarchic rule and resistance to the traditional health and social care commitments. Similarly, Tomatis (2005) examined the forces working against the primary prevention of cancer, particularly exposures to carcinogenic and chemical pollutants.…”

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Entrepreneurship and eudaimonic well-being: Five venues for new science

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2019

Journal of Business Venturing

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Researchers in entrepreneurial studies are increasingly interested in the psychological well-being of entrepreneurs. Approaches to well-being tend to be partitioned into hedonic and eudaimonic formulations. Most entrepreneurial studies have focused on hedonic indicators (life satisfaction, happiness, positive affect). The central objective of this essay is to examine the relevance of eudaimonic well-being for understanding entrepreneurial experience. The theoretical background and key dimensions of eudaimonic well-being are described and their relevance for entrepreneurial studies is considered. Illustrative findings from prior well-being studies are examined, also with emphasis on possible extensions to entrepreneurship. Five key venues for the entrepreneurial field are then considered: (1) entrepreneurship and autonomy, viewed both as a motive (selfdetermination theory) and as an aspect of well-being (eudaimonic well-being theory); (2) varieties of entrepreneurship (opportunity versus necessity) and eudaimonic well-being; (3) eudaimonia in the entrepreneurial journey (beginning, middle, end); (4) entrepreneurship, well-being and health; and (5) entrepreneurs and the eudaimonia of others -contrasting virtuous and vicious types. In each topic, extant findings from entrepreneurial studies are considered and new research directions proposed. The overall aim is to be generative regarding the interplay between entrepreneurial experience and eudaimonic wellbeing.Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.

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Section: ) Entrepreneurship and The Well-being Of Othersmentioning

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Entrepreneurship and eudaimonic well-being: Five venues for new science

Ryff

2019

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“…These factors are then studied as a window on why organizations flourish, or deteriorate, based on who stays or exists from the organization over time. In the public policy arena, contemporary scholars have re-examined the meaning of civil society and its import for praxis in health and social care (Scambler et al 2014). Focused on England and Wales, they concluded that a new “class/command dynamic’ has emerged in our era of financial capitalism, which has led to oligarchic rule and resistance to the traditional health and social care commitments of civil society.…”

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Eudaimonic well-being, inequality, and health: Recent findings and future directions

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The theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of a eudaimonic model of well-being are examined and its empirical translation into distinct dimensions of well-being is described. Empirical findings have documented aging declines in eudaimonic well-being, but there is considerable variability within age groups. Among older adults who remain purposefully engaged, health benefits (reduced morbidity, extended longevity) have been documented. Eudaimonic well-being also appears to offer a protective buffer against increased health risk among the educationally disadvantaged. Neural and genetic mechanisms that may underlie eudaimonic influences on health are briefly noted, and interventions designed to promote eudaimonic well-being are sketched. Needed future research directions include addressing problems of unjust societies wherein greed among privileged elites may be a force compromising the eudaimonic well-being of those less privileged. Alternatively, and more positive in focus, is the need to better understand the role of the arts, broadly defined, in promoting eudaimonic well-being across all segments of society.

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“…'Six sociologies' and a composite agenda for a sociology of health inequalities To Burawoy's four sociologies might be added a further two, giving rise to corresponding sociological roles and modes of engagement (for a preliminary discussion, see Scambler et al, 2014). These are summarized in Table 3.…”

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Theorizing health inequalities: The untapped potential of dialectical critical realism

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2015

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We here extend our previous contributions to a neo-Marxist sociology of health inequalities via an engagement with Roy Bhaskar's dialectical critical realism (DCR). We argue that Bhaskar's re-grounding of the philosophies of Marx and Engels has the potential to re-invigorate sociology's input into: (a) explanations of health inequalities and (b) interventions to reduce health inequalities. We also show that DCR provides rationale and opportunity for an action sociology beyond current professional, policy, critical and public sociologies. We briefly summarize current sociological models of health inequalities before protesting their lack of theoretical ambition. We then proffer a professional-cumcritical theory that emphasizes the continuing causal efficacy of social class in general, and of Britain's 'governing oligarchy' in particular, for any credible sociological account of health inequalities. Bhaskar's basic and dialectical critical realism are then introduced and the frame supplied by the latter commended for a deepening of the neo-Marxist theories of health inequalities being developed by us among others. The article concludes by drawing on this same frame to insist on a logical and moral commitment to an action sociology beyond any institutional constraints faced by practitioners of the discipline.

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Civil society and the Health and Social Care Act in England and Wales: Theory and praxis for the twenty-first century

Cited by 7 publications

References 31 publications

Entrepreneurship and eudaimonic well-being: Five venues for new science

Entrepreneurship and eudaimonic well-being: Five venues for new science

Eudaimonic well-being, inequality, and health: Recent findings and future directions

Theorizing health inequalities: The untapped potential of dialectical critical realism

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