Globalization, Health, and the Environment

An Integrated Perspective

Greg Guest - Collection Globalization and the Environment

272 pages, parution le 31/01/2006

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"This volume is an important addition to medical anthropology and global health. It combines ten excellent case studies linking health and environments that have been transformed through local processes of globalization. The juxtaposition of the cases demonstrates the diversity of anthropological theoretical approaches applied to the interaction of globalization, health, and environment. At the same time it demonstrates the power of a unified, integrated view of complex interactions that anthropology can provide. The health consequences described here are more complex and interesting than simple one-to-one correlations like global warming and malaria rates. An excellent introduction provides a general framework for understanding the relationship between globalization and health. All aspects of culture-diet, productive technology, economic disparities, violence, and health policy-are implicated in the changing relationship between this culturally constructed global environment and human health. While these cases are alarming, they also provide hope."
Peter J. Brown, professor of anthropology and global health, Emory University

"An insightful compendium documenting the interplay between the forces that shape the global environment and human health. Greg Guest and his authors present a range of vital topics along with well-researched and timely case studies that illuminate these contemporary concerns. A well-documented warning call."
Devra Lee Davis, author of When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution

L'auteur - Greg Guest

Greg Guest is senior research associate at Family Health International.

Sommaire

Foreword
Global Transformations
Cultural Adptations
Population Dynamics
Governance and Policy
Index
About the Authors

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Altamira
Auteur(s)	Greg Guest
Collection	Globalization and the Environment
Parution	31/01/2006
Nb. de pages	272
Format	14,5 x 22,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	447g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780759105812
ISBN13	978-0-7591-0581-2