Urban Poverty and Health Inequalities - A Relational Approach

Info autore

Darrin Hodgetts is Professor of Societal Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand. Prior to his current post, Darrin worked in Community Medicine at Memorial University, Canada, Psychology and Media at the London School of Economics, UK, and Community Psychology at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Darrin’s research focuses on urban poverty, homelessness, and health inequalities.
Dr Ottilie Stolte teaches Social and Community Health Psychology at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Key research interests are poverty, homelessness, health inequalities, and injustice. In her research, Ottilie seeks to understand social psychological issues within the broader social, economic, political, and cultural contexts of people's everyday lives.

Riassunto

This timely book takes a critical perspective to argue that urban poverty and health inequalities are intimately interconnected, and the increasing disparity between rich and poor will necessarily exacerbate health issues within urban communities.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Darrin Hodgetts, Darrin Stolte Hodgetts, Hodgetts Darrin, Ottilie Stolte, Stolte Ottilie
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138124363
• ISBN: 978-1-138-12436-3
• Pagine: 190
• Serie: Critical Approaches to Health
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Poverty & unemployment, Health psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Poverty and precarity