Political Sociology and the People's Health

Jason Beckfield is Professor and Chair of Sociology and Associate Director of the Center for Population and Development Studies at Harvard University. He conducts inter-disciplinary research on how institutional arrangements -- the "rules of the game" that organize power in social life -- structure inequality, including the global distribution of population health. His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Harvard Medical School, and the American Sociological Association. He is also grateful to the taxpayers of the great states of Missouri and Indiana, who supported his training in the form of generous scholarships and fellowships.

• AcknowledgementsForeword: For the People's Health - Why this Book Series of Small Books with Big Ideas?Nancy KriegerIntroduction: Political Sociology & Social Epidemiology1. Key Concepts, Measures, & Data2. New Questions & Answers about Embodied Social Inequalities3. Scientific Challenges to Engaging Political Sociology & Social EpidemiologyBibliographyIndex

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