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Second-Wave Neoliberalism:

Gender, Race, and Health Sector Reform in Peru
  • ISBN-13: 9780271037127
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Christina Ewig
  • Price: AUD $77.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 02/11/2010
  • Format: Paperback 272 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]
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Analyzes the politics of neoliberal health sector reform and its effects in Peru. Focuses on the intersecting dynamics of race, class, and gender in the developing world.


Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Preface and Acknowledgments

List of Acronyms

1. Intersecting Legacies of Inequality

2. Colonization and Co-optation: Historical Legacies of Inequality in the State Health System

3. Global Currents: Neoliberal and “Rights-Based” Development Paradigms

4. Gendered Divisions: The National Politics of Health Reform

5. Mimicking Markets: Gender Equity and Public Health System Reforms

6. Controlling Poor Women’s Bodies: Intersections of Race, Gender, and Family Planning Policy

7. Insuring Gender Equity? Public and Private Insurance Schemes

Conclusion

Methodological Appendix

References

Index


“Graduate students and professionals alike will find this extensive and constantly engaging research beneficial because it raises important questions and gives valuable insights for those in the field of gender and social policy.”

—Constanza Tabbush, Bulletin of Latin American Research

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