Governing failed neoliberal subjects: Representations of women's mental health in Australian mental health policies.
This paper uses Carol Bacchi's 'What's the problem represented to be?' (WPR) framework to explore representations of women's mental health in federal and South Australian mental health policies. It argues that mental health policies govern women through neoliberal discourses that individualise menta...
| Publicado en: | Qualitative Social Work Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 61 - 78 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jan2025
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