Healthy, Wealthy, and Fair
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-517066-5 (ISBN)
America may be one of the wealthiest countries in the world, but its citizens rank near the bottom in health status. Americans have lower life expectancy, more infant mortalities and higher adolescent death rates than most other advanced industrial nations--and even some developing countries. Though Americans are famous for tolerating great inequality in wealth, the gross inequities in the health system are less well recognized.
In Healthy, Wealthy and Fair, a distinguished group of health policy experts chart the stark disparities in health and wealth in the United States. The authors explain how the inequities arise, why they persist, and what makes them worse. Growing income inequality, high poverty rates, and inadequate health care coverage: all three trends help account for the U.S.'s health troubles. The corrosive effects of market ideology and government stalemate, the contributors argue, have also proved a powerful obstacle to effective and more egalitarian solutions.
A clarion call for a populist uprising to end the stalemate over health reform, Healthy, Wealthy, and Fair outlines concrete policy proposals for reform--tapping bold new ideas as well as incremental changes to existing programs. This important work will be indispensable to all those who care about our people's health, inequality, and American democracy.
James A. Morone is Professor of Political Science at Brown University. His most recent book is Hellfire Nation. Lawrence R. Jacobs is McKnight Land-Grant Professor at the University of Minnesota, an adjunct professor at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute, and director of the 2004 Elections Project. His most recent book is Politicians Don't Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness.
Contributors
James A. Morone and Lawrence R. Jacobs: Introduction: Health and Wealth in the Good Society
Part I: An American Dilemma
1: Ichiro Kawachi: Why the USA Is Not Number One in Health
2: Lawrence R. Jacobs: Health Disparities in the Land of Equality
Part II: Corrosive Markets
3: Deborah Stone: How Market Ideology Guarantees Racial Inequality
4: Mark Schlesinger: The Damages of the Market Panacea
Part III: Silent Groups
5: Marie Gottschalk: Organized Labor's Incredible, Shrinking Social Vision
6: Connie A. Nathanson: Interest Groups and the Reproduction of Inequality
Part IV: Chaotic Institutions
7: Mark A. Peterson: The Congressional Graveyard for Health Care Reform
8: Peter D. Jacobson and Elisabeth Selvin: Courts, Inequality, and Health Care
Part V: The Territory Ahead: Little Victories
9: Colleen Grogan and Erik Patashnik: Medicaid at the Crossroads
10: Elizabeth H. Kilbreth and James A. Morone: Kids and Bureaucrats at the Grass Roots
Part VI: The Territory Ahead: Thinking Big
11: Lawrence D. Brown: Incrementalism Adds Up?
12: Benjamin I. Page: What Government Can Do
Lawrence R. Jacobs and James A. Morone: Conclusion: Prospering in the Age of Global Markets
Essential Reading
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.4.2005 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | numerous tables and halftones, 4 line drawings |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 236 x 160 mm |
| Gewicht | 680 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-517066-0 / 0195170660 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-517066-5 / 9780195170665 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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