Globalization and Health

by Richard L. Harris (Editor), Melinda Seid (Editor)

This international collection of essays on globalization and health examines the global health issues associated with the economic, technological, political, social, cultural and environmental effects of globalization the increasing movement of capital, people, technology, goods, information, environmental pollution, and disease around the globe. These essays analyze the complex linkages between globalization and health, the health effects of globalization at all levels (global, national, and local), and the policy and institutional responses associated with the health consequences of globalization. To download a sample chapter click here"

276 pages, Hardcover

First published December 30, 2004

About the author

Dr. Richard Harris is Professor Emeritus of Global Studies at California State University, Monterey Bay. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently an independent lecturer, researcher, consultant, writer and editor. He is the managing editor of the international Journal of Developing Societies (published by SAGE India) and a coordinating editor of the well known periodical Latin American Perspectives. He is the author and editor of many publications on politics, economics, history and revolutionary change in Africa, Asia and Latin America.