Health for Some: Death, Disease, and Disparity in a Globalizing Era
- ISBN-10
- 0973329238
- ISBN-13
- 9780973329230
- Category
- Globalization
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Authors
- Ronald N. Labonte, Ted Schrecker, Amit Sen Gupta
Description
Globalization's 'Poster Children' China, India and a handful of East Asian countries are often used to support the so-called 'rising tide' story about globalization in which sustained economic growth leads to higher standards of living ...
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