The Political Economy of Social Inequalities

Consequences for Health and Quality of Life
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-89503-252-2
Verlag: Baywood Publishing Company Inc

Buch, Englisch, 530 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: Policy, Politics, Health and Medicine Series

In the last two decades of the 20th century, we witnessed a dramatic growth in social inequalities within and among countries. This has had a most negative impact on the health and quality of life of large sectors of the populations in the developed and underdeveloped world. This volume analyzes the reasons for this increase in inequalities and its consequences for the well-being of populations. Scholars from a variety of disciplines and countries analyze the different dimensions of this topic.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Navarro, Vicente

Navarro, Vincente

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART I REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH

A Historical Review (1965-1997) of Studies on Class, Health, and Quality of Life: A Personal Account Vicente Navarro

PART II CAUSES FOR THE GROWTH OF INEQUALITIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE

Neoliberalism, “Globalization,” Unemployment, Inequalities, and the Welfare State Vicente Navarro Health and Equity in the World in the Era of “Globalization” Vicente Navarro The Political Economy of the Welfare State in Developed Capitalist Countries Vicente Navarro

PART III CRITIQUE OF INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES: WHO, PAHO, WORLD BANK, IMF, UNICEF, AND UNDP

Ravaging the Poor: The International Monetary Fund Indicted by Its Own Data Gabriel Kolko World Bank Education Policy: Market Liberalism Meets Ideological Conservatism Adriana Puiggrós Market Commodities and Poor Relief: The World Bank Proposal for Health Asa Cristina Laurell and Oliva López Arellano Neoliberalism Revised? A Critical Account of World Bank Conceptions of Good Governance and Market Friendly Intervention Ray Kiely In Pursuit of “Growth with Equity”: The Limits of Chile’s Free-Market Social Reforms Pilar Vergara A Fundamental Shift in the Approach to International Health by WHO, UNICEF, and the World Bank: Instances of the Practice of “Intellectual Fascism” and Totalitarianism in Some Asian Countries Debabar Banerji

PART IV NEOLIBERALISM AND SOCIAL AND HEALTH POLICY

The Mexican Social Security Counterreform: Pensions for Profit Asa Cristina Laurell Remaking Medicare: The Voucher Myth Jonathan Oberlander A Slippery Slope: Economists and Social Insurance in the United States Richard B. Du Boff

PART V DEBATE ON PATHWAYS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND HEALTH

Income Inequality, Social Cohesion, and Class Relations: A Critique of Wilkinson’s Neo-Durkheimian Research Program Carles Muntaner and John Lynch Income Inequality, Social Cohesion, and Health: Clarifying the Theory—A Reply to Muntaner and Lynch Richard G. Wilkinson The Social Class Determinants of Income Inequality and Social Cohesion Carles Muntaner, John Lynch, and Gary L. Oates

PART VI ANALYSIS OF PROPOSED SOLUTIONS: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POLITICAL CONTEXT

The Political Context of Social Inequalities and Health Vicente Navarro and Leiyu Shi Is There a Third Way? A Response to Giddens’s The Third Way Vicente Navarro Toward an Ecosocial View of Health Richard Levins and Cynthia Lopez Development and Quality of Life: A Critique of Amartya Sen’s Development As Freedom Vicente Navarro Are Pro-Welfare State and Full-Employment Policies Possible in the Era of Globalization? Vicente Navarro

CONTRIBUTORS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Vincente Navarro (Author)