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EMplOyMENt, wOrk, aNd hEalth iNEQualitiES - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIvE
table of contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viii
Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxii
1. introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
2. Fair employment, employment conditions and social inequality axes .9
3. the process of knowledge generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
3.1. Methods and strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
3.2. sources of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
4. theoretical model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
4.1. Macro structural framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
4.2. Micro framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
5. An historical perspective on labour markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
5.1. Wealthy countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
5.2. Middle and low income countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
6. labour markets and welfare states: a country perspective . .51
6.1. country typology of employment relations . . . . . . . . . . . .51
6.2. selected countries case studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
7. employment relations and health inequalities: a conceptual
and empirical overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
7.1. Power relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
7.2. labour regulations and the labour market . . . . . . . . . . .128
7.3. employment conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
7.4. Working conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
8. employment relations and health inequalities: pathways
and mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
8.1. Macro-sociological employment relations and
the health of nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
8.2. employment conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
8.3. Working conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262
9. Policies and interventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
9.1. the need for a political perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
9.2. Macro policies and health: an historical perspective . . .291
9.3. employment-related international policies and actors .303
9.4. employment-related policy options for reducing health
inequalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
9.5. A typology of interventions on employment dimensions 329
9.6. Assessing policy interventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
10. epilogue: the economic crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
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