Health Communism

Author : Beatrice Adler-Bolton
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839765186

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Health Communism by Beatrice Adler-Bolton Pdf

In this fiery, theoretical tour de force, Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant offer an overview of life and death under capitalism and argue for a new global left politics aimed at severing the ties between capital and one of its primary tools: health. Written by co-hosts of the hit “Death Panel” podcast and longtime disability justice and healthcare activists Adler-Bolton and Vierkant, Health Communism first examines how capital has instrumentalized health, disability, madness, and illness to create a class seen as “surplus,” regarded as a fiscal and social burden. Demarcating the healthy from the surplus, the worker from the “unfit” to work, the authors argue, serves not only to undermine solidarity but to mark whole populations for extraction by the industries that have emerged to manage and contain this “surplus” population. Health Communism then looks to the grave threat capital poses to global public health, and at the rare movements around the world that have successfully challenged the extractive economy of health. Ultimately, Adler-Bolton and Vierkant argue, we will not succeed in defeating capitalism until we sever health from capital. To do this will require a radical new politics of solidarity that centers the surplus, built on an understanding that we must not base the value of human life on one’s willingness or ability to be productive within the current political economy. Capital, it turns out, only fears health.

Author : Arthur Newsholme,John Adams Kingsbury
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781483194554

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Red Medicine by Arthur Newsholme,John Adams Kingsbury Pdf

Red Medicine: Socialized Health in Soviet Russia reviews the medical organization and administration in Soviet Russia. This book is organized into 24 chapters that particularly tackle the city of Moscow and Leningrad. It addresses the travels of the authors from Moscow to Georgia and the Crimea, providing an overview of the background of Russian life. Some of the topics covered in the book are the progress of Russia towards Communism; developments in the introduction of Communism; type of government of USSR; description of industrial conditions and health; features of agricultural conditions; state of religion, civil liberty, and law; and characteristics of home life, recreation, clubs, and education. Other chapters deal with the condition of women in Soviet Russia, state of marriage, and divorce. These topics are followed by discussions of the care of maternity, children and youths, as well as the treatment in residential and non-residential institutions. The final chapters describe the characteristics of medical practice and the general considerations on the medical care in large communities. The book can provide useful information to the historians, doctors, students, and researchers.

Author : James R. Millar,Sharon L. Wolchik
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1994-08-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521467489

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The Social Legacy of Communism by James R. Millar,Sharon L. Wolchik Pdf

This book analyzes the social impact of the transition from communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Author : Mark Sandle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317860891

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Communism by Mark Sandle Pdf

Why did communism grow so quickly? Why did it spread to turn almost half of the world red by the mid-1970s? What impact did it have upon capitalism and capitalist society? Communism is a concise introduction to one of the most important and influential movements of the 20th century. It shows how the modern communist movement emerged out of radical millenarian movements of the Middle Ages and the English Civil War, becoming a mass movement of industrial society, seeking to overturn capitalism and replace it with a society of equality, justice, harmony and co-operation. It traces the growth of modern communism from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century to its position of global power at the end of the Second World War. Mark Sandle investigates the ultimate failure of communism as a political ideology, and concludes by asking how far the historical record of communism has been used to conceal the historical record of capitalism. Ideal for courses in both History and Politics.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Internal Security
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1344 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Communism
ISBN : SRLF:AX0000823393

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The Theory and Practice of Communism by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Internal Security Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Internal Security
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Communism
ISBN : LOC:00184304430

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The Theory and Practice of Communism: Communist Party, USA, attempts to repenetrate the trade union movement by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Internal Security Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House Internal Security
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1424 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119494693

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The Theory and Practice of Communism, (People's Republic of China), Hearings ..., 93-1 ... by United States. Congress. House Internal Security Pdf

Author : Tamara Popic
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031154973

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Health Reforms in Post-Communist Eastern Europe by Tamara Popic Pdf

This book provides the first in-depth study of healthcare reforms in post-communist Eastern Europe. Combining insights from comparative politics and public policy analysis, it examines health reforms in Slovenia, the Czech Republic, and Poland between 1989 and 2019. The book argues that the post-communist transformation of healthcare policy has entailed a process of policy learning, and that the countries' reform pathways were shaped by a series of initiatives aimed at applying market-oriented policy ideas in healthcare. The success of these initiatives has been influenced by three factors: policy legacies, political competition, and institutional configurations. The book offers a novel comparison of health reform in the region and policy changes more generally. It will appeal to scholars and students of public policy, health policy, and European politics.

Author : Susan Grant
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501762604

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Soviet Nightingales by Susan Grant Pdf

In Soviet Nightingales, Susan Grant tracks nursing care in the Soviet Union from its nineteenth-century origins in Russia through the end of the Soviet state. With the advent of the USSR, nurses were instrumental in helping to build the New Soviet Person and in constructing a socialist society. Disease and illness were rampant in the early 1920s after years of war, revolution, and famine. The demand for nurses was great, but how might these workers best serve the country's needs? By examining living and working conditions, nurse-patient relations, education, and attempts at international nursing cooperation, Grant recounts the history of the Bolshevik effort to define the "Soviet" nurse and organize a new system of socialist care for the masses. Although the Bolsheviks aimed to transform healthcare along socialist lines, they ultimately failed as the struggle to train skilled medical workers became entangled in politics. Soviet Nightingales draws on rich archival research from Russia, the United States, and Britain to describe how ideology reinvented the role of the nurse and shaped the profession.

Author : Johan P. Mackenbach
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780198831419

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Health Inequalities by Johan P. Mackenbach Pdf

The world we live in is hugely unequal. People in a better socioeconomic position do not only lead more comfortable lives, but also longer and healthier lives. This is true not only in the poorer parts of the world but also in the richest countries, including the advanced welfare states of Western Europe which have successfully pushed back poverty and other forms of material disadvantage. Why are health inequalities - systematically higher rates of disease, disability, and premature death among people with a lower level of education, occupation or income - so persistent? How can we expect to reduce this when it persists even in the most advanced states? Written by a leading figure in public health, this book looks to answer these questions by taking a broad, critical look at the scientific evidence surrounding the explanation of health inequalities, including recent findings from the fields of epidemiology, sociology, psychology, economics, and genetics. It concludes that a simplistic view, in which health inequalities are a direct consequence of social inequality, does not tell us the full story. Drawing upon a unique series of studies covering 30 European countries and more than three decades of observations, it shows that health inequalities are partly driven by autonomous forces that are difficult to counteract, such as educational expansion, increased social mobility, and rapid but differential health improvements. Finally, the book explores how we might use these new findings to continue our efforts to build a healthier and more equal future. Offering a truly multidisciplinary perspective and an accessible writing style, Health Inequalities is an indispensable resource for health researchers, professionals, and policy-makers, as well as for social scientists interested in inequality.

Author : Irving Louis Horowitz,Jaime Suchlicki
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1412820871

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Cuban Communism by Irving Louis Horowitz,Jaime Suchlicki Pdf

There is no handier guide to the Castro regime and the debates swirling around it.-Foreign Affairs Appearing in the aftermath of the stunning events surrounding the Elian Gonzalez case, the nature of Cuban Communism has again become a core issue for the American people. Cuban Communism has widely come to be known as "the Bible of Cuban Studies." It has been updated and upgraded for the fourth decade of Castro's successful seizure of power, the longest running dictatorship in the world. In addition to articles and essays representing recent developments in Cuba, the work boasts an update of three new features that will make it even more important to students, scholars, and researchers in the area. The volume has an entirely new section on future prospects for civil society and democracy for Cuba in a post-Castro environment. It also contains a chronology of events from 1959 through 2000 that will be important as a guide for studying the period. Finally, the work contains a brief but carefully constructed who's who of important players in Cuba and the regime during the Castro-period. Some of the articles new to the tenth edition of Cuban Communism are by Ernesto Betancourt, "Technical Assistance Needs for Institutional Transformation"; Andrew Natsios, "Humanitarian Assistance During a Democratic Transition in Cuba"; Juan J. Lopez, "Non-Transition in Cuba"; Michael Radu, "United States and Cuba after Castro"; Sergio Diaz-Briquets, "International Lending Institutions in Cuba's Transition Process," and "Future Security Issues between the United States and Cuba" by Brian Latell. This edition sheds new light on why, despite predictions of imminent collapse, the Castro regime has remained in power. It offers insights into the survival potential of dictatorships and illegitimate regimes despite crisis and ostracism. It is, more than ever, a must volume for those interested in comparative political systems and social structures. Irving Louis Horowitz is Hannah Arendt Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Political Science at Rutgers University. Among his works are Three Worlds of Development, Beyond Empire and Revolution, and the Bacardi Lectures on Cuba, published as The Conscience of Worms and the Cowardice of Lions. Jaime Suchlicki is Bacardi Professor of History at the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Miami, and executive director of its Cuban-American and Cuban Center. He is author of From Columbus to Castro, University Students and Revolution in Cuba, and Mexico: From Montezuma to Nafta, Chiapas and Beyond .

Author : Arjan Gjonca
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050747065

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Communism, Health and Lifestyle by Arjan Gjonca Pdf

This unique and well-researched study takes a systematic look at the incredible rise in the life expectancy of the population of Albania, one of the world's poorest countries. Through a careful analysis of newly available archive documents and statistics, Gjon^D,ca examines the social, economic, and political factors behind the success of improving life expectancy at birth from 51 to 71 years in a relatively short period of time and despite extreme poverty and strict isolationist governmental policies. The research, based on data obtained primarily from the Albanian State Archives, which opened in 1994, attempts to explain why the Albanian pattern of mortality, with very high infant and child mortality and very low adult mortality, is so different from that of other East European countries with similar social and economic conditions. Using many tables, figures, and other data to illustrate the trends, the author concludes that lifestyle factors, and to a lesser extent government policies directed at health care, are the most likely determinants of Albania's successful mortality transition. In his attempt to shed new light on the phenomena of Albania's remarkable success in shifting patterns of mortality, the author compares the changes with those experienced by other similar countries in an effort to determine whether the Albanian success was part of an overall improvement among countries that have good health at low cost or if the Albanian way is a novel route to low mortality in developing countries. To support his conclusion that Albania's success largely depended on lifestyle, he carefully examines the changes in disease and infection, dietary patterns and lifestyle, education and urbanization, fertility levels, and regional differences. By providing a brief but detailed background of the country itself, and its policies and programs to promote lower mortality, Gjon^D,ca offers readers an interesting portrait of the transitions that have taken place in this poorest of countries.

Author : Kazimiera Jaworska
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647573373

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Catholic Church in Lower Silesia against Communism (1945–1974) by Kazimiera Jaworska Pdf

Post-war Lower Silesia was intended by the communists to be a "laboratory of socialism". Hence, they developed and pursued a special policy towards the Catholic Church. The book highlights the specificity of the pastoral ministry provided by the successive rulers of the Church in Wrocław (Karol Milik, Kazimierz Lagosz, Cardinal Bolesław Kominek) in the realities of the communist state. It shows the role of Cardinal Kominek who was persecuted for his attitude towards communists, his activity in the Polish Episcopate and in the forum of the universal Church. Moreover, it presents the system of repression aimed at diocesan clergy and religious orders and limiting theological education. With the objective of secularising the Lower Silesian society, the communists put emphasis on promoting their ideology, especially among the young generation. The Church responded with speeches by hierarchs condemning these activities and with pastoral initiatives to slow down the process.

Author : Vicente Navarro
Publisher : Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Medical
ISBN : UCAL:B3964276

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Social Security and Medicine in the USSR by Vicente Navarro Pdf

Author : Irving Louis Horowitz,Jaime Suchlicki
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 141282088X

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Cuban Communism 9th Editi by Irving Louis Horowitz,Jaime Suchlicki Pdf

Forty-six essays, presented by avowedly anti-Castro editors and gathered mostly from US journals and books of the past couple decades, are organized into five sections devoted to the history, economy, society, military, and polity of Cuba. Some of the specific topics treated include: Cuban and Soviet relations; decentralization, local government, and participation; economic policies and strategies for the 1990s; the politics of sports; political and military relations; and forecasting institutional changes after Castro. In addition, two appendices present a chronology of the Cuban revolution from 1959 to 1998 and biographical essays on 19 revolutionary leaders. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR