Hope, Choice and the Improvable Self: A Critical Analysis of ‘New Recovery’ in Australia
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Open access
Authors
Fomiatti, Renae Dorothy
Date
2017Supervisor
Prof. David Moore
Type
Thesis
Award
PhD
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Health Sciences
School
National Drug Research Institute
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Abstract
Drawing on science and technology studies, this thesis analyses how ‘new recovery’ is enacted in Australian alcohol and other drug policy, psychological science and treatment, and the extent to which authoritative enactments of recovery inform individuals’ lives. It argues that there exist important threads of continuity with older forms of recovery, most notably, in the neoliberal politics of responsibilisation, erasure of socio-political forces, and continuing stigmatisation of people who use drugs and their social relationships.
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