Titre :
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Health by association ? Social capital, social theory, and the political economy of public health. Commentaries. Authors'reply. (2004)
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Auteurs :
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Simon SZRETER ;
A. COUTTS, disc. ;
A. ELLAWAY, disc. ;
Ichiro Kawachi, disc. ;
D. KIM, disc. ;
J. LYNCH, disc. ;
C. MUNTANER, disc. ;
V. NAVARRO, disc. ;
R.D. PUTNAM, disc. ;
Gdavey Smith, disc. ;
S.V. SUBRAMANIAN, disc. ;
S. SZRETER ;
Michael WOOLCOCK ;
M. WOOLCOCK ;
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Society Human Development and Health. Boston. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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International journal of epidemiology (vol. 33, n° 4, 2004)
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Pagination :
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650-709
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Royaume Uni
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Europe
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19 siècle
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Economie santé
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Politique
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS XRKAR0xU. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Three perspectives on the efficacy of social capital have been explored in the public health literature. A'social support'perspective argues that informal networks are central to objective and subjective welfare ; an'inequality'thesis posits that widening economic disparities have eroded citizens'sense of social justice and inclusion, which in turn has led to heightened anxiety and compromised rising life expectancies ; a'political economy'approach sees the primary determinant of poor health outcomes as the socially and politically mediated exclusion from material resources. A more comprehensive but grounded theory of social capital is presented that develops a distinction between bonding, bridging, and linking social capital. It is argued that this framework helps to reconcile these three perspectives, incorporating a broader reading of history, politics, and the empirical evidence regarding the mechanisms connecting types of network structure and state-society relations to public health outcomes.
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