Health in Hard Times by Jamie Pearce
Available Open Access under C-BY-NC licence. As the impacts of austerity politics continue to reverberate, Health in hard times explores their repercussions for social inequalities in health. Drawing on five years of research, it puts stories from Stockton-on-Tees, home to some of the starkest health divides, in the wider context of budget cuts and welfare reforms. The result is an important assessment of stark inequalities in wellbeing.
“The findings of this excellent research team regarding the political and economic impacts in the North East will chime with practitioners in other social contexts” Paul Norman, University of Leeds
“The combination of an interdisciplinary lens and quantitative and qualitative data creates a much needed but shocking depiction of the impacts of austerity on social and health inequalities at a local level. The book illuminates how austerity as a political discourse is being used to justify deeply pernicious and deliberate shredding of the public welfare fabric.” Jennie Popay, Lancaster University
“The combination of an interdisciplinary lens and quantitative and qualitative data creates a much needed but shocking depiction of the impacts of austerity on social and health inequalities at a local level. The book illuminates how austerity as a political discourse is being used to justify deeply pernicious and deliberate shredding of the public welfare fabric.” Jennie Popay, Lancaster University
Clare Bambra is Professor of Public Health in the Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University. Her research examines the effects of social and health policies on health inequalities.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781447344858 |
| ISBN 10 | 1447344855 |
| Title | Health in Hard Times |
| Author | Jamie Pearce |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press |
| Year published | 2019-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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