Overview
- Broadens and enriches an understanding of rural health disparities in the context of political theory
- Allows readers to gain an overview of the political economy approach
- Reviews exhaustively the key recent research into social theory and its connection to rural health disparities
- Provides an exhaustive review of both political and social theories and their application to rural health
- Fulfills a significant gap on this topic in the scientific literature
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health (BRIEFSPUBLIC)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Included in the coverage:
· Rural health disparities: the political economy.
· Rural health disparities: the economic argument.
· Social disorganization in rural communities.
· Rural health disparities and social disorder: public policy responses.
· The political economy: an era of institutional cynicism?
With its forceful argument for dealing with a growing but often invisible crisis, Application of the Political Economy to Rural Health Disparities makes a significant text for graduate and undergraduate programs in public and international affairs, planning and public policy, public health, public administration, and economics. Public health and advocacy organizations will also benefit from the book’s vision.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Application of the Political Economy to Rural Health Disparities
Authors: Monica M. Taylor
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Public Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73537-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73536-8Published: 23 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73537-5Published: 13 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2192-3698
Series E-ISSN: 2192-3701
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 52
Topics: Public Health, Social Structure, Social Inequality, International Political Economy