Modern theoretical approaches in conceptualizing health as a social phenomenon: capability approach and the sociology of risk

Abstract: 
The principles of sociological analysis of health as an element of adaptation processes are reviewed in the article from the viewpoint of capability approach and the sociology of risk. The conditions of successful individual adaptation are being analyzed within the framework of capability approach while the sociology of risk is important in revealing negative factors that can cause adaptation failures and thus lead to health hazards. The author emphasizes that these theories should be used in complex and presents arguments of their significance for empirical research and the subsequent decision-making in the field of public health in the modern Russia.

For citation: Pautov I.S. Modern theoretical approaches in conceptualizing health as a social phenomenon: capability approach and the sociology of risk. St. Petersburg Sociology Today. 2014. N. 5. P. 289-307.

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