| Description |
v, 530 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Policy, politics, health, and medicine series |
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Policy, politics, health, and medicine series (Unnumbered)
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| Contents |
Introduction / Vicente Navarro -- 1. A Historical Review (1965-1997) of Studies on Class, Health, and Quality of Life: A Personal Account / Vicente Navarro -- 2. Neoliberalism, "Globalization," Unemployment, Inequalities, and the Welfare State / Vicente Navarro -- 3. Health and Equity in the World in the Era of "Globalization" / Vicente Navarro -- 4. The Political Economy of the Welfare State in Developed Capitalist Countries / Vicente Navarro -- 5. Ravaging the Poor: The International Monetary Fund Indicted by Its Own Data / Gabriel Kolko -- 6. World Bank Education Policy: Market Liberalism Meets Ideological Conservatism / Adriana Puiggros -- 7. Market Commodities and Poor Relief: The World Bank Proposal for Health / Asa Cristina Laurell and Oliva Lopez Arellano -- 8. Neoliberalism Revised? A Critical Account of World Bank Conceptions of Good Governance and Market Friendly Intervention / Ray Kiely -- 9. In Pursuit of "Growth with Equity": The Limits of Chile's Free-Market Social Reforms / Pilar Vergara -- 10. 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 -- 11. The Mexican Social Security Counterreform: Pensions for Profit / Asa Cristina Laurell -- 12. Remarking Medicare: The Voucher Myth / Jonathan Oberlander -- 13. A Slippery Slope: Economists and Social Insurance in the United States / Richard B. Du Boff -- 14. Income Inequality, Social Cohesion, and Class Relations: A Critique of Wilkinson's Neo-Durkheimian Research Program / Carles Muntaner and John Lynch -- 15. Income Inequality, Social Cohesion, and Health: Clarifying the Theory - A Reply to Muntaner and Lynch / Richard G. Wilkinson -- 16. The Social Class Determinants of Income Inequality and Social Cohesion / Carles Muntaner, John Lynch and Gary L. Oates -- 17. The Political Context of Social Inequalities and Health / Vicente Navarro and Leiyu Shi -- 18. Is There a Third Way? A Response to Giddens's The Third Way / Vicente Navarro -- 19. Toward an Ecosocial View of Health / Richard Levins and Cynthia Lopez -- 20. Development and Quality of Life: A Critique of Amartya Sen's Development As Freedom / Vicente Navarro -- 21. Are Pro-Welfare State and Full-Employment Policies Possible in the Era of Globalization? / Vicente Navarro |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Quality of life.
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Poverty.
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Equality.
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Income distribution.
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Poor -- Medical care.
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Public Health -- economics.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Health Policy.
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Quality of Life.
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Social Welfare -- economics.
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| Author |
Navarro, Vicente.
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| LC no. |
00044494 |
| ISBN |
089503252X paper |
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0895032201 cloth |
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