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Global Inequalities at Work - Work's Impact on the Health of Individuals, Families, and Societies (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R1,399
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Global Inequalities at Work - Work's Impact on the Health of Individuals, Families, and Societies (Hardcover, New): Jody...

Global Inequalities at Work - Work's Impact on the Health of Individuals, Families, and Societies (Hardcover, New)

Jody Heymann

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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.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2003
First published: July 2003
Editors: Jody Heymann (Associate Professor of Health and Social Behaviour, Harvard School of Public Health, and Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Health Care Policy)
Dimensions: 242 x 163 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 354
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515086-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Occupational / industrial health & safety
Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > Environmental factors
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LSN: 0-19-515086-4
Barcode: 9780195150865

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