Power and subjectivity : a Foucauldian discourse analysis of experiences of power in learning difficulties community care homes.

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Summary

The crucial findings are that care residents' lives are characterised by differential power relationships in which they occupy a subordinate "place" in their homes, and that they struggle with this position and experience problems with it in relation to their own self-understanding.

Type
dissertation
Published
2002-01-01
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Keywords

Subjectivity, Power (physics), Sociology, Discourse analysis, Gender studies

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