HLST 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Neoliberalism, Social Inequality
24 Mar 2017
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Summary #5: health and health care-a political economy perspective (chapter 3: key points from summary. The key points listed in this chapter focused more on canadian and u. s. health care system. Neo-liberalism is a term used to define free policies or trade that control economic factors while overlooking the need of poverty in the world. This believes that for the human well-being (good health care system), a high gnp is required. However, data shows that if a country is less developed, a high gnp does not guarantee good health, so gnp is said to be unassociated with the nation"s health. Capitalism influences everything within a capitalist social formation which means capitalists preach democracy, but practice power. Overall these factors create 3 major factors of welfare state: social democratic welfare state, liberal welfare state, and an intermediate group. Globalization was often used to have a second meaning international free trade .
