Health Equity in a Globalizing Era

Ronald Labonté is Distinguished Research Chair and former Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity and Professor in the School of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Ottawa. He is active with the People's Health Movement, and has consulted extensively with UN agencies, governments and civil society organizations.Arne Ruckert is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Ottawa's School of Epidemiology and Public Health, working on health equity issues in the Globalization and Health Equity research unit. He has worked as a policy consultant for various development organizations (including the North-South Institute, CCIC, the Halifax Initiative), international organizations (WHO), and the Canadian government (Health Canada).

• 1: Globalization: Definitions, a Potted History, and Implications for Health 2: Globalization as a 'Determinant of the Determinants of Health' 3: Neoliberalism and its health discontents 4: Migration: Globalization's Historically Defining Element 5: Disrupted Labour Markets: Health Opportunities for Some, Health Risks for Others 6: Trade and Investment Liberalization: the Health Complications of 'Free' Trade 7: International Development Assistance and Health: From the Millennium Development to the Sustainable Development Goals 8: Globalizing Health Systems 9: Global Flows: Health Workers and Patients on the Move 10: Infectious Diseases in the Age of Globalization 11: The Global Diffusion of Noncommunicable Diseases 12: Imperiling the Health of the Global Environmental Commons 13: The Gendered Face of Global Health 14: The Global Institutional Architecture: Entangling Health and its Social Determinants 15: Overcoming Gridlock: From Global Health Governance to Global Governance for Health 16: International Human Rights: 'Taming' Global Economic Markets? 17: Global Activism and the Prospects for a Healthier Future

Many books address global health or social determinants of health, but none are quite like this one, which takes on globalization as determinant of the health determinants. It brings a fresh perspective using case studies to illustrate key points. It is a nice addition to a crowded market.