[afro-nets] New book: The Political Economy of Social Inequalities

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New book: The Political Economy of Social Inequalities
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Consequences for Health and Quality of Life

By Vicente Navarro, Editor

The dramatic increase in social inequalities within and among
countries in the last twenty years has had a most negative im-
pact on the health and quality of life of large sectors of the
world's populations. In The Political Economy of Social Ine-
qualities, scholars from a variety of disciplines and countries
analyze the political and economic causes of these inequalities,
their consequences for health, and some proposed solutions.

Read the introduction (Adobe PDF file, 9 pp. 548 kB) at:
http://baywood.com/intro/220-1.pdf


Table of Contents

Introduction
Vicente Navarro

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 Capital-
ist 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 Concep-
tions 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 Coun-
tries
Debabar Banerji

PART IV

Neoliberalism and Social and Health Policy

The Mexican Social Security Counter reform: 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 Cri-
tique 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 De-
velopment as Freedom

To order the book, contact Baywood Publishers, at:

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Paperbound: ISBN: 0-89503-252-x; US$ 45.00
Cloth: ISBN: 0-89503-220-1; US$ 65.00
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