This book examines the effects on health and inequalities in health of work and unemployment, drawing upon international evidence from occupational health and e

We are told that 'work is good for us' and that ill health is caused by 'individual lifestyles'. Drawing on research from public health, social policy, epidemio

Work, so fundamental to well-being, has its darker and more costly side. Work can adversely affect our health, well beyond the usual counts of injuries that we

The welfare state has a problem: each generation living under its protection has lower work motivation than the previous one. In order to fix this problem we ne

This ground breaking Handbook brings together a number of chapters into one comprehensive book on the timely subject matter of the political economy of health a