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Health and Social Justice Politics, Ideology, and Inequity in the
Distribution of Disease

Edited by Richard Hofrichter

About the Editor

Richard Hofrichter is a writer and social critic. He is the editor of
Reclaiming the Environmental Debate: The
Politics of Health in a Toxic Culture (2000), and Toxic Struggles: The
Theory and Practice of Environmental
Justice (1993), and the author of Neighborhood Justice in Capitalist
Society: The Expansion of the Informal State (1987).

ISBN: 0-7879-6733-5; $55.00; 688 pages; Available: November 2003
About the Book

Health is an asset and a resource critical to human development that
benefits society as a whole. But realizing health for all members of
society is a matter of social justice, which depends on reducing social and
economic inequality and increasing democracy.
Health and Social Justice draws on the growing body of recent literature to
offer a comprehensive collection of articles written by a panel of expert
contributors who represent a broad range of fields sociology, epidemiology,
public health, ecology, politics, organizing,and advocacy. Each article
explores a particular aspect of health inequalities and demonstrates how
the sources
of health inequalities are rooted in injustices associated with racism,
social class, and sex discrimination. This important book examines the
political implications of various perspectives used to explain health
inequities and explores alternative strategies for
eliminating them.

The Politics of Health Inequities: Contested Discourses
(Richard Hofrichter).
Part I. Social Forces Exacerbating Health Inequities.
Introduction.
2. A Society in Decline: The Political and Economic Determinants of Health
Inequalities in the USA (Dennis
Raphael).
3. Understanding and Reducing Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities
in Health (James S. House and
David R. Williams).
4. Gender, Health and Equity: The Intersections (Piroska Ostlin, Asha
George and Gita Sen).
5. Getting A Grip on the Global Economy: Challenging Growth and Development
as Solutions to Poverty and
Health Inequities (John Gershman, Alec Irwin, and Aaron Shakow).
6. The Political Context of Social Inequalities and Health (Vincente
Navarro and Leiyu Shi).
7. Income Inequality and Mortality: Importance to Health of Individual
Income, Psychosocial Environment, or Material Conditions (John Lynch,
George Davey Smith, George A. Kaplan, and James S. House).
8. Zoning, Equity, and Public Health (Juliana Maantay).
9. The Changing Structure of Work in the United States: The Implications
for Health and Welfare (Sarah Kuhn and John Wooding

Part II. Theory, Ideology, and Politics: Critical Perspectives.
Introduction.
10. Public Health as Social Justice (Dan E. Beauchamp).
11. Social Capital and the Third Way in Public Health (Carles Muntaner,
John Lynch and George Davey Smith).
12. Measuring Health Inequities: The Politics of the World Health Report
2000 (Paula Braveman).
13. Assessing Equity In Health: Conceptual Criteria (Alexandra Bambas and
Juan Antonio Casas).
14. Income Inequality, Social Cohesion, and the Health Status of
Populations: The Role of Neoliberalism (David Coburn).
15. Income Inequality and Health: Expanding the Debate (John Lynch).
16. Is Capitalism a Disease?: The Crisis in U.S. Public Health (Richard
Levins).
17. Theorising Inequalities in Health: The Place of Lay Knowledge (Jennie
Popay, Gareth Williams, Carol Thomas and Anthony Gatrell).
18. The Limitations of Population Health as a Model for a New Public Health
(Dennis Raphael and Toba Bryant).
19. Theories for Social Epidemiology in the 21st Century: An Ecosocial
Perspective (Nancy Krieger).

Part III. Strategies: Perspectives on Social Policy and Practice.
Introduction.
20. Towards the Future: An Overview of Policy and Community Actions to
Promote Population Health (Dennis Raphael).
21. Globalization, Trade and Health: Unpacking the Linkages, Defining
Health Public Policy Options (Ronald Labonte).
22. Socioeconomic Disparities in Health in the US: An Agenda for Action
(Nancy Moss).
23. From Science to Policy: Options for Reducing Health Inequalities
(Hilary Graham).
24. Addressing Structural Influences on the Health of Urban Populations
(Arline T. Geronimus).
25. Swimming Upstream in a Swift Current: Public Health Institutions and
Inequality (Rajiv Bhatia).
26. Minnesota's Call to Action: A Starting Point for Advancing Health
Equity Through Social and Economic Change (Gavin
Kearney).
27. The Role of Mass Media in Creating Social Capital: A New Direction in
Public Health (Lawrence Wallack).

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