Global reach, local depth, and the future of health equity

Autores/as

  • Ted Schrecker

Palabras clave:

globalization, economic crises, social determinants of health, social cartography

Resumen

"Global Reach" was the title of one of the first popular books on the power of transnational corporations, published in 1974. Since then globalization has transformed the world to an extent that would then have been difficult to imagine. In this article I explore the effects of globalization with respect to two dimensions, global reach and local depth, and draw some rather pessimistic conclusions about prospects for the ambitious agenda advanced by the Commission on Social Determinants of Health in 2008.

Biografía del autor/a

Ted Schrecker

Ted Schrecker is a scientist and associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa - a contract that is about to come to its end because of his habit of writing papers like this one.
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Publicado

2012-11-06

Número

Vol. 7 Núm. 2 (2013)

Sección

Themes and Debates

Licencia

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