Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Kent
Ruth’s research interests lie primarily in law and political economy, with particular interests in mental health, cultural studies/literature, and parenting culture.
Her publications cover a wide range of topics from post-separation parenting to law and literature, social reproduction and motherhood, but she is now focusing primarily on the governance and measurement of health and illness in neoliberalism, particularly mental health. She is also trying to finish a monograph on cultures of ‘elite’ mothering in neoliberal economies.
Ruth lectures in mental health law/medical law, family law and law and literature at the University of Kent.
How neoliberalism is damaging your mental health
Jan 30, 2018 12:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law Health
There is a widespread perception that mental ill health is on the rise in the West, in tandem with a prolonged decline in collective well-being. The idea that there are social and economic causes behind this perceived...
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