Politics of Ailment

Viva Collective is composed of social policy researchers, sociologists and political theorists passionate about developing novel understandings of care and inequality. The collective was established in 2013 and is based in Finnish universities and research institutes. Minna Zechner is Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki.Lena Näre is Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki.Olli Karsio is Project Researcher at the University of Jyväskylä.Antero Olakivi is Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki.Liina Sointu is University Instructor at Tampere University.Hanna-Kaisa Hoppania is Lecturer at the National University of Ireland Galway.Tiina Vaittinen is University Researcher at Tampere University.

• 1. Introduction: Humans as ailing beings2. Tracing ailment in social and care policies3. Profit making and ailment: the marketisation and financialisation of care4. Ailment in caring encounters and divisions of care labour5. The politics of ailment

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