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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Health by association? Social capital, social theory, and the political economy of public health

Health and Wealth: Health by Association? Social Capital, Social Theory, and the Political Economy of Public Health

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The Precariat. The New Dangerous Class

Será que a desigualdade de rendimentos aumentou durante os últimos tempos? Quem ganhou e quem perdeu neste processo? Este processo afectou todos os países da OCDE uniformemente? Em que medida é que maiores desigualdades de rendimentos são a consequência de maiores diferenças nos rendimentos dos trabalhadores e até que ponto são afectados por outros factores? Finalmente, como é que a redistribuição governamental através do sistema de benefícios fiscais afecta estas tendências?

Book Review: OECD, Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries:

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An international symposium

The studies offered in this volume integrate the history of wage labor, of slavery, and of indentured labor. They contribute to a Global Labor History freed from Eurocentrism and methodological nationalism.

Workers of the World: Essays Toward a Global Labor History

The classical conceptualization of the working class, of workers’ collective action and, especially, of trade unionism, was implicitly or explicitly based on the Standard Employment Relationship that, for a few decades, has been dominant in North America, Europe, Japan and Australasia. The ‘classical’ model of collective bargaining, which has shaped the world’s traditional labour movements, was based on this conceptualization. However, it is now increasingly undermined by the rapid spread of ‘informal’ or ‘precarious’ labour in the global North. It is our contention that the ‘classical’ view of the working class and workers’ collective action is fundamentally biased and takes as a norm or standard what was in fact an historical exception. The real norm or standard in global capitalism is insecurity, informality or precariousness, and the Standard Employment Relationship is an historical phenomenon which had a deep impact in a limited part of the world for a relatively short period of time. If, as we argue, the ‘Rest’ is not now becoming like the ‘West’, but the other way round, then the ‘traditional’ forms of collective action that have developed in the North Atlantic region during the last two centuries are gradually losing much of their impact. New forms of collective action are emerging, though these are often still at an embryonic stage. It is, therefore, high time to rethink the concept of the working class and the ways in which it can further its interests.

Informalizing the Economy: the Return of the Social Question at a Global Level

Free and unfree labour : the debate continues

Social security mutualism : the comparative history of mutual benefit societies

Preface 1. Introduction 2. From the October Revolution to the Stalin era (1917-29) 2.i. Kautsky and the Bolsheviks: three controversies Kautsky versus Lenin Kautsky versus Trotsky Kautsky versus Bukharin 2.ii. Levi, Luxemburg and the Bolsheviks: criticism and counter-criticism Levi Luxemburg Interpretations Zetkin, Lukacs, and Kautsky 2.iii. Left-communist criticisms Gorter, Pannekoek, Ruhle Korsch 2.iv. Summary 3. From Stalin's 'Great Leap Forwards' to the 'Great Patriotic War' (1929-41) 3.i. State capitalism Miasnikov Adler Wagner Worrall Pollock 3.ii. Trotsky: the theory of the degenerated workers' state 3.iii. Theories of a new mode of production Laurat Weil Rizzi Burnham Shachtman Carter Pedrosa Hilferding 3.iv. Criticism Criticism of theories of state capitalism Criticisms of the theory of the degenerated workers' state Criticisms of theories of a new mode of production 3.v. Summary 4. From the 'Great Patriotic War' to the Structural Assimilation of Eastern Europe (1941-56) 4.i. The theory of the degenerated workers' state 4.ii. Theories of state capitalism Grandizo/Peret James/Dunayevskaya Castoriadis/Lefort Cliff Bordiga 4.iii. Theories of a new mode of production Guttmann 4.iv. Interpretations 'without labels Sternberg Cycon Frolich Kofler 4.v. Debates and mutual criticism The Deutscher debate Responses to Burnham Mandel's critique of 'state capitalism' and 'bureaucratic collectivism' 4.vi. Summary 5. From the Twentieth Congress of the CPSU to the Repression of the 'Prague Spring' (1956-68) 5.i. Theories of state capitalism The current around Cliff 5.ii. The theory of the degenerated workers' state 5.iii. Theories of a new mode of production Djilas Kuron/Modzelewski 5.iv. Theories 'without labels' Wittfogel and his critics Marcuse Rosdolsky Boeuve 5.v. Summary 6. From the Repression of the 'Prague Spring' to Perestroika (1968-85) 6.i. Theories of state capitalism Cliff's current Mattick Maoist variants: Holmberg, Bettelheim and his critics The workerist [operaisti] variant 6.ii. The theory of the degenerated workers' state Elaborations Criticisms Mohun's revision 6.iii. Theories of bureaucratic collectivism Stojanovic Critical Rizzi-supporters: Carlo and Melotti Fantham/Machover Sweezy 6.iv. Theories of the new mode of production without a (consolidated) ruling class Pioneers: Arthur, Naville, Alvater/Neususs The debate in Links Dutschke and his critics Zimin Digression: Sohn-Rethel, Damus and the 'social synthesis' Bahro and his critics Schmiederer Ticktin and his critics The Hungarian 'New Left': Bence/Kis (Rakovski), Konrad/Szelenyi, Feher/Heller/Markus Campeanu 6.v. Summary 7. The Collapse and Its Aftermath: From 1985 to the Present 7.i. Theories of (state) capitalism The current around Cliff and its critics Daum and his critics Sapir Chattopadyay and his critics Fernandez 'Aufheben" Sandemose Resnick & Wolff and their critics 7.ii. The theory of the degenerated workers' state 7.iii. Theories of bureaucratic collectivism Loone Brenner and his critics Finger 7.iv. Theories of a new mode of production without a (consolidated) ruling class Furedi Ticktin and his critics Cox Arthur Behrens Campeanu 7.v. Summary 8. In Lieu of a Conclusion 9. Meta-theoretical note References Index

Marcel van der Linden

Papers

Workers of the World: Essays Toward a Global Labor History

Informalizing the Economy: the Return of the Social Question at a Global Level

Free and unfree labour : the debate continues

Social security mutualism : the comparative history of mutual benefit societies

Western Marxism and the Soviet Union: A Survey of Critical Theories and Debates Since 1917