The Political and Social Contexts of Health

1. Introduction

2. The Importance of the Political and the Social in Explaining Mortality Differentials among the Countries of the OECD, 1950-1998 Vicente Navarro, Carme Borrell, Joan Benach, Carles Muntaner, Agueda Quiroga, Maica Rodriguez-Sanz, Nuria Verges, Jordi Guma, and M. Isabel Pasarin

3. Do Social Policies and Political Context Matter for Health in the United Kingdom? Tim Doran and Margaret Whitehead

4. Individual and Contextual Determinants of Inequalities in Health: The Italian Case Giuseppe Costa, Antonio Caiazzo, Chiara Marinacci, and Teresa Spadea

5. Regional Differences in Trends in Life Expectancy and the Influence of the Political and Socioeconomic Contexts in Germany Uwe Helmert, Waldemar Streich, and Dieter Borgers

6. Power Relations and Premature Mortality in Spain's Autonomous Communities Maica Rodriguez-Sanz, Carme Borrell, Rosa Urbanos, M. Isabel Pasarin, Ana Rico, Marta Fraile, Xavier Ramos, and Vicente Navarro

7. Social Differentials in the Decline of Infant Mortality in Sweden in the Twentieth Century: The Impact of Politics and Policy Bo Burstroem

8. Summary and Conclusions of the Study Vicente Navarro, Margaret Whitehead, Tim Doran, Bo Burstroem, Uwe Helmert, Giuseppe Costa, and Carme Borrell

Contributors

Index