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The Legitimacy of Healthcare and Public HealthIntroduction: On Legitimacy, Healthcare and Public Safety

The Legitimacy of Healthcare and Public Health: Introduction: On Legitimacy, Healthcare and... [Central to the anthropological study of legitimacy, the complex dynamics of trust and authority runs across this collective endeavour. The chapters address in depth these dynamics, heeding the point that when our health or our significant others’ health is at risk, we are at our most vulnerable. With a focus on urban settings in Europe, the USA, India, Africa, Latin America and the Far and Middle East, we examine the ways in which healthcare and public health are managed by the authorities and experienced by the people on the ground. Benefiting from a robust exchange of ideas during an intense six-day Workshop and the consequent distillation of positive criticism, revision and rewriting, the analyses offered here have translated into well-integrated, ethnographically based reflections on ideas of legitimacy and the ambiguities in the official definitions of what constitute (morally and legally) illegitimate behaviour in this critical field. The book raises key challenges to our understanding of healthcare practices and the governance of public health. With a keen eye on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on urban life, its inequalities and the ever-expanding gap between rulers and the ruled, the findings address the complex ways in which authorities gain, keep or lose the public’s trust.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Legitimacy of Healthcare and Public HealthIntroduction: On Legitimacy, Healthcare and Public Safety

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology Book Series
Editors: Pardo, Italo; Prato, Giuliana B.
Pardo, Italo; Prato, Giuliana B.
The Legitimacy of Healthcare and Public Health — May 4, 2023
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
ISBN
978-3-031-25591-5
Pages
1 –17
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-25592-2_1
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[Central to the anthropological study of legitimacy, the complex dynamics of trust and authority runs across this collective endeavour. The chapters address in depth these dynamics, heeding the point that when our health or our significant others’ health is at risk, we are at our most vulnerable. With a focus on urban settings in Europe, the USA, India, Africa, Latin America and the Far and Middle East, we examine the ways in which healthcare and public health are managed by the authorities and experienced by the people on the ground. Benefiting from a robust exchange of ideas during an intense six-day Workshop and the consequent distillation of positive criticism, revision and rewriting, the analyses offered here have translated into well-integrated, ethnographically based reflections on ideas of legitimacy and the ambiguities in the official definitions of what constitute (morally and legally) illegitimate behaviour in this critical field. The book raises key challenges to our understanding of healthcare practices and the governance of public health. With a keen eye on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on urban life, its inequalities and the ever-expanding gap between rulers and the ruled, the findings address the complex ways in which authorities gain, keep or lose the public’s trust.]

Published: May 4, 2023

Keywords: Legitimacy; Healthcare practices; Public health; Covid-19 pandemic; Emergency; State of crisis; Governance; Trust

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