Global Inequalities at Work

Work's Impact on the Health of Individuals, Families, and Societies

Buch | Hardcover

368 Seiten

2003
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-515086-5 (ISBN)

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Drawing on studies in five continents, this book brings together international authorities to critically examine the many ways in which work is affecting health around the world. The final section deals with the opportunities for improving health and labour standards afforded by globalisation of the economy, as well as the risks entailed.

A map of the relationship between work and health that is truly global, both geographically and in its coverage of the impact of work on the health of individuals, families, and societies, has not previously been drawn. Global Inequalities at Work is the first book to fill in the map. Drawing from studies done around the world, it critically examines the many ways in which work is affecting health around the world.

The first section covers the wide range of risks - physical, chemical, and social - to the health of employees in agricultural, industrial, and post-industrial workplaces. Part II provides a detailed analysis of how working conditions can dramatically influence the health and welfare of family members, including children, elderly parents, and the disabled, in both the developing and industrial world.

Part III examines the relationships between work and health at the societal level by focusing on two examples: the ways in which working conditions affect income inequalities and health, and the ways in which working conditions influence gender inequalities and health. Part IV investigates the new challenges to and opportunities for improving the relationship between work and health that are presented by a rapidly globalizing economy.

Global Inequalities at Work addresses these issues at a time when globalization is both markedly changing the impact of work on the health of individuals, families, and societies, and radically revising what can be done about it. Leaders from universities, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations bring to this edited volume expertise from six continents.

PART I: GLOBAL HEALTH RISKS IN THE WORKPLACE: THE IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS; PART II: THE BROADER IMPACT OF GLOBAL WORKING CONDITIONS: THE EFFECT ON FAMILIES; PART III: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK AND POPULATION HEALTH; PART IV: GLOBALIZATION OF THE ECONOMY: THE RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES IT CREATES FOR HEALTH

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.9.2003
Zusatzinfo	numerous tables and figures
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	234 x 163 mm
Gewicht	686 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	0-19-515086-4 / 0195150864
ISBN-13	978-0-19-515086-5 / 9780195150865
Zustand	Neuware