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Global Inequalities at Work
By Jody Heymann
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Description
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.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
356
Release Date:
2003-07-10
Publication Date:
2003-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0195150864
ISBN13:
9780195150865
Weight:
699 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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