Unequalizing Citizenship: The Politics of Poland's Health Care Change

This article discusses health care change with respect to the transformation of the social order within Poland and transnationally. It considers the implications for health care equality and the understanding of citizenship, of a process of health care reform which constitutes part of a transition i...

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Published in:Sociology (Oxford) 2006-12, Vol.40 (6), p.1079-1096
Main Author: Watson, Peggy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capitalism
Citizenship
Communism
Democracy
Democratization
Discourse analysis
Equality
European Union
Health care
Health care costs
Health care policy
Health care reform
Health Care Services
Health inequality
Health services
Liberalism
Neoliberalism
Poland
Post-communist societies
Postcolonialism
Postcommunism
Poverty
Qualitative Methods
Qualitative research
Reform
Social Change
Social classes
Social Order
Studies
Wealth
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Summary:This article discusses health care change with respect to the transformation of the social order within Poland and transnationally. It considers the implications for health care equality and the understanding of citizenship, of a process of health care reform which constitutes part of a transition involving the formation of new power asymmetries based on poverty and wealth. Drawing on qualitative research carried out in Nowa Huta, the article shows how hearth care change has contributed to poverty and how the introduction of liberal democracy has been accompanied by the perception of a loss of health rights. The article questions the language of citizenship which underpins the aspiration for health equality in the EU, and indicates the implications of the occlusion of the politico-economic effects of capitalism in citizenship discourse.
ISSN:0038-0385
1469-8684
DOI:10.1177/0038038506069848