The hospital as a space of power: ownership of space and symbols of power in the hospital setting

Erika Sauer

Chapter 12 in Leadership in Spaces and Places, 2015, pp 242-264 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In this chapter I take a closer look at everyday hospital spaces in order to see what kinds of power structures the architecture, design and the use of space suggest. I work in the spirit of Foucault, who analyses the relationship of space and power in regard to the power enacted by individuals in space, the symbolic power enacted by organizations through the use of space, and the power that space carries in and of itself so that space structures relationships. We can say that space and power coexist. Space allows some functions to operate while it restricts or prohibits others.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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