The power of rhetoric in re-shaping health and social care: implications for the under-served

Titolo Rivista SOCIOLOGIA E POLITICHE SOCIALI
Autori/Curatori Sarah Skerrat
Anno di pubblicazione 2016 Fascicolo 2016/3 Lingua Inglese
Numero pagine 20 P. 9-28 Dimensione file 281 KB
DOI 10.3280/SP2016-003002
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Policy rhetoric in Scotland emphasises "communities" as thearena within which systemic social, economic and environmental problemscan be solved. Place-based communities are appropriate authors of inclusiveand sustainable solutions; "local voices" are the legitimate vehicle forcreating strategic direction that "fits" communities. Since the establishmentof the Scottish Parliament (1999) there has been a substantive, ideologicalshift in policy rhetoric towards "achieving through community". This isparticularly so in rural areas, where the normative narrative is self-reliant "resilient communities". The author examines the implications of this policyorientation in relation to health and social care policy, a cornerstone ofScotland’s statutory landscape. The author concludes that: the alreadyempoweredare best-placed to be further empowered through theseprocesses of devolution-to-community, risking non-inclusive welfareprovision; and place-based solutions are not being underpinned by placebaseddata. The normative push is paramount; rigorous analysis is sidelinedby the seductiveness of community-centred rhetoric.

Keywords:Communities; Policy; Resilience; Welfare; Rural

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Sarah Skerrat, The power of rhetoric in re-shaping health and social care: implications for the under-served in "SOCIOLOGIA E POLITICHE SOCIALI" 3/2016, pp 9-28, DOI: 10.3280/SP2016-003002