Governing bullying through the new public health model: A Foucaultian analysis of a school anti-bullying programme

Critical Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 182-195

  Galitz, Tara ^a   Robert, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

anti bullying programme; Foucault; governmentality; public health; school bullying

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLYING; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL; SCHOOL BULLYING; LOGIC; MODEL;

EID: 84897016432     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2013.784394     Document Type: Article

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