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Health and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe

By William C. Cockerham

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1999
ISBN
9780415920803, 0415920809, 0415920817, 9780415920810, 9780203906477
LCC
RA523.E852 C63 1999
Open Library ID
OL369237M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1533602 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
288\297
Topic
Geography Russia
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

For the first time, life expectancy is declining in an industrialized society. In this pioneering work, William C. Cockerham examines the social causes of the decline in life expectancy beginning in the 1960s including: *Russia *Poland *Hungary *Romania *Bulgaria *the Czech Republic *and East Germany. Health and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe argues that the roots of this change are mainly social rather than biomedical - the result of poor policy decisions, stress and an unhealthy diet. Cockerham presents a theory of postmodern social change that goes beyond the borders of Eastern Europe.

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