The Financial and Economic Crises and Their Impact on Health and Social Well-Being -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I The Causes of the Crisis -- 1. Neoliberalism as a Class Ideology -- Or, The Political Causes of the Growth of Inequalities -- 2. The Crisis and Fiscal Policies in the Peripheral Countries of the Eurozone -- PART II The Crisis and Its Consequences for Welfare Services and Transfers -- 3. The Effects of Health Care Reforms on Health Inequalities: A Review and Analysis of the European Evidence Base -- 4. Ditching the Single-Payer System in the National Health Service: How the English Department of Health is Learning the Wrong Lessons from the United States -- 5. Visits to Family Physicians or Specialists by Elderly Persons in Canada and the United States: An Exploratory Comparative Study -- 6. Minimum Income Protection and European Integration: Trends and Levels of Minimum Benefits in Comparative Perspective, 1990-2005 -- PART III The Crisis and Changes in the Labor Market -- 7. Employment Relations and Global Health: A Typological Study of World Labor Markets -- 8. The Impact of Public Employment on Health and Health Inequalities: Evidence from China -- 9. Ensuring a Healthy and Productive Workforce: Comparing the Generosity of Paid Sick Day and Sick Leave Policies in 22 Countries -- 10. Overstretched and Unreciprocated Commitment: Reviewing Research on the Occupational Health and Safety Effects of Downsizing and Job Insecurity -- 11. Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Erosion Accelerates in the Recession -- 12. How Do Macro-Level Contexts and Policies Affect the Employment Chances of Chronically Ill and Disabled People? The Impact of Recession and Deindustrialization -- PART IV Changes in the Welfare States.

13. Different Welfare States-Different Policies? An Analysis of the Substance of National Health Promotion Policies in Three European Countries -- 14. Social Inequalities in "Sickness": Does Welfare State Regime Type Make a Difference? A Multilevel Analysis of Men and Women in 26 European Countries -- 15. Welfare State Regime Life Courses: The Development of Western European Welfare State Regimes and Age-Related Patterns of Educational Inequalities in Self-Reported Health -- 16. Variation of Socioeconomic Gradients in Children's Developmental Health Across Advanced Capitalist Societies: Analysis of 22 OECD Nations -- 17. Gender Policy Developments and Policy Regimes in 22 OECD Countries, 1979-2008 -- 18. Analyzing Differences in the Magnitude of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Self-Perceived Health by Countries of Different Political Tradition in Europe -- PART V Changes in Class Inequalities -- 19. Class Divisions and Health Chances in Brazil -- 20. Wealth Inequality and Health: A Political Economy Perspective -- 21. The Other Side of the Chinese Economic Miracle -- PART VI Focus on Solutions -- 22. Social Class, Politics, and the Spirit Level: Why Income Inequality Remains Unexplained and Unsolved -- 23. The Solution Space: Developing Research and Policy Agendas to Eliminate Employment-Related Health Inequalities -- 24. Why We Don't Spend Enough on Public Health: An Alternative View -- About the Editors -- About the Authors -- Back Cover.