How Politics Makes Us Sick [electronic resource] : Neoliberal Epidemics /
Schrecker, T.author.
Bambra, C.author.
Ted Schrecker and Clare Bambra argue that the obesity, insecurity, austerity and inequality that result from neoliberal (or 'market fundamentalist') policies are hazardous to our health, asserting that these neoliberal epidemics require a political cure.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Politics and Health; 2 Obesity: How Politics Makes Us Fat; 3 Insecurity: How Politics Gets Under Our Skin; 4 Austerity: How Politics Has Pulled Away Our Safety Net; 5 Inequality: How Politics Divides and Rules Us; 6 Conclusion: Their Scarcity and Our Political Cure; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ted Schrecker and Clare Bambra argue that the obesity, insecurity, austerity and inequality that result from neoliberal (or 'market fundamentalist') policies are hazardous to our health, asserting that these neoliberal epidemics require a political cure.
Social medicine.
Political sociology.
Human geography.
Social sciences.
Comparative politics.
Sociology.
Medical Sociology.
Political Sociology.
Human Geography.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Comparative Politics.
Sociology, general.