Overview
- Based on extensive data collected over twenty years in private and public hospitals
- Brings a novel understanding of the relations, actions, and practices of healthcare workers
- Weaves together insights from various fields, including medical sociology, sociology of labour and political science
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About this book
This book offers a novel examination of the relations, actions, and practices of healthcare workers, analysed in terms of collective mobilisation. Based on successive surveys conducted over a twenty-year period in public and private hospitals, it brings a rich new conceptualisation of both social movements and care work. We’ve all witnessed the collective mobilisation at play in hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. In such a structured, hierarchical environment, the parallel with social movements highlights the ethical and collective dimensions of care work, as well as the bonds of solidarity and identification with the collective. Yet, healthcare workers are often caught in a dilemma between fighting against underfunding and deteriorating working conditions on the one hand, and cooperating to keep the system standing and provide the best care possible for patients on the other. The author's approach in terms of consensual and conflictual mobilisations brings a fresh theoretical and empirical contribution to the literature on social movements, medical sociology, public health, and the sociology of labour, whilst in-depth case studies bring to light the experiences of healthcare workers and enrich the narrative throughout.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ivan Sainsaulieu is a full professor in sociology at Lille University, France. His research focuses on labour relations, particularly in hospitals, trade unionism, social movements, politization, engineers and innovation. He has authored or edited 24 books, written 25 chapters and 35 articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Care Staff Mobilisation in the Hospital
Book Subtitle: Fight or Cooperate?
Authors: Ivan Sainsaulieu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9354-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-9353-4Published: 15 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-9354-1Published: 14 March 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 94
Topics: Medical Anthropology, Health Policy, Public Health, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights