Main description:

Why do some countries and populations suffer from poverty and ill health, whilst others are more prosperous and healthy? What are the inherently global (trans-border) issues that affect inequities in disease burden and health opportunities for individuals and nations? Traditionally, the focus of global health has been 'international health': the concern for high burdens of disease in generally low-income countries. To answer these questions however, we need to
modernise our understanding of globalization as a phenomenon.

Health Equity in a Globalizing Era: Past Challenges, Future Prospects examines how globalization processes since the on-set of neoliberalism affect equity in global health outcomes, and emphasises access to important social determinants of health. With a basis in political economy, the book covers key globalization concepts and theory, and presents a thorough background to the field.

Case studies, illustrations, and new research all combine to make this title a comprehensive and current discussion of the various pathways that connect globalization to health equity outcomes. It looks at changes in migration, labour markets, trade and investment rules, international development assistance, health systems, infectious and non-communicable disease risks, environmental health, and gendered aspects of globalization's health dialectic. In addition, it argues for a reform of the
global governance structure, the significant role of human rights, and the importance of a strong civil society in achieving greater social justice in health.

Ideal for senior undergraduate and graduate students in global health programs, global health scholars and practitioners in government policy and health/development NGOs, Health Equity in a Globalizing Era: Past Challenges, Future Prospects is a significant contribution to our new understanding of globalization and global public health.

Contents:

1: Globalization: Definitions, a Potted History, and Implications for Health
2: Globalization as a 'Determinant of the Determinants of Health'
3: Neoliberalism and its health discontents
4: Migration: Globalization's Historically Defining Element
5: Disrupted Labour Markets: Health Opportunities for Some, Health Risks for Others
6: Trade and Investment Liberalization: the Health Complications of 'Free' Trade
7: International Development Assistance and Health: From the Millennium Development to the Sustainable Development Goals
8: Globalizing Health Systems
9: Global Flows: Health Workers and Patients on the Move
10: Infectious Diseases in the Age of Globalization
11: The Global Diffusion of Noncommunicable Diseases
12: Imperiling the Health of the Global Environmental Commons
13: The Gendered Face of Global Health
14: The Global Institutional Architecture: Entangling Health and its Social Determinants
15: Overcoming Gridlock: From Global Health Governance to Global Governance for Health
16: International Human Rights: 'Taming' Global Economic Markets?
17: Global Activism and the Prospects for a Healthier Future