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Gender, globalization, and health in a Latin American context / Jasmine Gideon.

Van Pelt Library RA448.5.H57 G53 2014
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Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Medical Subjects:
Physical Description:
xv, 271 pages ; 23 cm.
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Summary:
"Using a political economy of health, this book examines the linkages between gender, globalization, and health in a Latin American context. Gideon shows that 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. Gideon explores the resultant tensions and gender inequalities, which have been further exacerbated in the context of health care commercialization"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
  • Latin American social policy : challenging gender inequalities?
  • A gendered political economy of health
  • The development of gendered health systems
  • Engendering governance in health?
  • Gender, the changing nature of work and health
  • Gender, migrant labor, and health.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
  • 0230103553
  • 9780230103559
OCLC:
874961223
Publisher Number:
99965017794
Online:
The Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund Home Page

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