Schrecker, Ted/Clare Bambra
How Politics Makes Us Sick

Neoliberal Epidemics.

This book makes a powerful case that neoliberalism, the dominant economic and social policy paradigm of the post-1980 world, is hazardous to our health. It describes the destructive effects on health and health inequalities of neoliberal policies including labour market deregulation, welfare state retrenchment, and austerity, drawing on cross-national examples particularly from the United States and the United Kingdom. The book argues that a variety of adverse health outcomes, and in particular health inequalities, must be seen as 'neoliberal epidemics': neoliberal because they are associated with the rise of neoliberal politics; epidemics because they have been rapidly transmitted across borders at a rate seen in epidemics of biological contagions. Second (Revised and Expanded) Edition. XVII,341 Seiten mit 20 Abb. und 10 Tab., broschiert (Palgrave Macmillan 2025) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear