The politics of health as a school-sponsored ethic: Foucault, neoliberalism, and the unhealthy employee

Educational Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 854-874

  Vander Schee, Carolyn ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Governmentality; Health policy; School as workplace; The body

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349176450     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904807312471     Document Type: Article

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