Using a political economy of health, Gender, Globalization, and Health in a Latin American Context demonstrates how the development of health systems in Latin America was closely linked to men's participation in formal labor. This established an inherent male bias that continues to shape health services today. While economic liberalization has created new jobs that have been taken up mainly by women, these jobs fail to offer the same health entitlements. Author Jasmine Gideon explores the resultant tensions and gender inequalities, which have been further exacerbated in the context of health...
Using a political economy of health, Gender, Globalization, and Health in a Latin American Context demonstrates how the development of health systems ...
This book highlights recent developments in global migration, human rights, and health. Looking at diverse health issues and a variety of forms of migration it exposes the factors contributing to the vulnerability of different mobile groups. Migration, Health and Inequality argues that we need to look beyond host country responses and "biomedical" frameworks and include both the role of transnational health networks and indigenous ideas about health when trying to understand migrants' low levels of health relative to their host population. Offering a broad range of linkages between migrant...
This book highlights recent developments in global migration, human rights, and health. Looking at diverse health issues and a variety of forms of ...
Using a political economy of health, Gender, Globalization, and Health in a Latin American Context demonstrates how the development of health systems in Latin America was closely linked to men's participation in formal labor. This established an inherent male bias that continues to shape health services today. While economic liberalization has created new jobs that have been taken up mainly by women, these jobs fail to offer the same health entitlements. Author Jasmine Gideon explores the resultant tensions and gender inequalities, which have been further exacerbated in the context of health...
Using a political economy of health, Gender, Globalization, and Health in a Latin American Context demonstrates how the development of health systems ...
This book argues there is very little evidence to support the presumed benefits of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in contributing to poverty reduction. It will be useful to researchers within development, international relations, and economics, as well as to policy makers and practitioners working in development-related policy.
This book argues there is very little evidence to support the presumed benefits of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in contributing to poverty redu...
