Acknowledgments.

Preface.

The Contributors.

1. The Politics of Health Inequities: Contested Terrain (Richard Hofrichter).

PART ONE: SOCIAL FORCES EXACERBATING HEALTH INEQUITIES.

2. A Society in Decline: The Political, Economic, and Social Determinants of Health Inequalities in the United States (Dennis Raphael).

3. Understanding and Reducing Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health (James S. House, David R. Williams).

4. Gender, Health, and Equity: The Intersections (Piroska Östlin, Asha George, Gita Sen).

5. Getting a Grip on the Global Economy: Health Outcomes and the Decoding of Development Discourse (John Gershman, Alec Irwin, Aaron Shakow).

6. The Political Context of Social Inequalities and Health (Vincente Navarro, Leiyu Shi).

7. Income Inequality and Mortality: Importance to Health of Individual Income, Psychosocial Environment, or Material Conditions (John W. Lynch, George Davey Smith, George A. Kaplan, James S. House).

8. Zoning, Equity, and Public Health (Juliana A. Maantay).

9. The Changing Structure of Work in the United States: Implications for Health and Welfare (Sarah Kuhn, John Wooding).

PART TWO: THEORY, IDEOLOGY, AND POLITICS: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES.

10. Public Health as Social Justice (Dan E. Beauchamp).

11. Social Capital and the Third Way in Public Health (Carles Muntaner, John W. Lynch, George Davey Smith).

12. Measuring Health Inequalities: The Politics of the World Health Report 2000 (Paula A. Braveman).

13. Assessing Equity in Health: Conceptual Criteria (Alexandra Bambas, Juan Antonio Casas).

14. Income Inequality, Social Cohesion, and the Health Status of Populations: The Role of Neo-liberalism (David Coburn).

15. Income Inequality and Health: Expanding the Debate (John W. Lynch).

16. Is Capitalism a Disease? The Crisis in U.S. Public Health (Richard Levins).

17. Theorizing Inequalities in Health: The Place of Lay Knowledge (Jennie Popay, Gareth Williams, Carol Thomas, Anthony Gatrell).

18. The Limitations of Population Health as a Model for a New Public Health (Dennis Raphael, Toba Bryant).

19. Theories for Social Epidemiology in the Twenty-First Century: An Ecosocial Perspective (Nancy Krieger).

PART THREE: STRATEGIES: PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL POLICY AND PRACTICE.

20. Toward the Future: Policy and Community Actions to Promote Population Health (Dennis Raphael).

21. Globalization, Trade, and Health: Unpacking the Links and Defining Health Public Policy Options (Ronald Labonte).

22. Socioeconomic Disparities in Health in the United States: An Agenda for Action (Nancy E. Moss).

23. From Science to Policy: Options for Reducing Health Inequalities (Hilary Graham).

24. Addressing Structural Influences on the Health of Urban Populations (Arline T. Geronimus).

25. Swimming Upstream in a Swift Current: Public Health Institutions and Inequality (Rajiv Bhatia).

26. Minnesota’s Call to Action: A Starting Point for Advancing Health Equity Through Social and Economic Change (Gavin Kearney).

27. The Role of Mass Media in Creating Social Capital: A New Direction for Public Health (Lawrence Wallack).

Name Index.

Subject Index.