Health and Illness in the Neoliberal Era in Europe

Jonathan Gabe is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Royal Holloway, University of London. His research interests include pharmaceuticals, chronic illness, health professions and health policy. Mario Cardano is a full professor of Sociology of Health and Qualitative Methods for Social Research at the University of Turin. He is currently researching involuntary admission and mechanical restraint in Italian psychiatric wards. Angela Genova is a researcher in the Department of Economics, Society, Politics at the University of Urbino, Italy. Her research interests include health inequalities, health and social policy in a European comparative perspective.

Chapter 1. Neoliberal Epidemics: Etiology, A Bit Of History, And A View From Ground Zero; Ted Schrecker Chapter 2. Health Inequalities In Europe: Policy Matters In The Neoliberal Era; Angela Genova, and Simone Lombardini 
Chapter 3. Economic Crisis, Young Adults And Health In Spain; Marga Marí-Klose, Albert Julia, and Pedro Gallo 
Chapter 4. Citizenship, Neoliberalism And Health Care; Dino Numerato, Karel Cada, and Petra A. Honova 
Chapter 5. Crowdsourcing In Medicine In The Neoliberal Era; Linda Lombi, and Luca Mori 
Chapter 6. Adjusting Life To Illness Or Illness To Life? Reflections On Children’s Competences In The Neoliberal Era; Anna Rosa Favretto, and Francesca Zaltron 
Chapter 7. Neoliberalism And Illness Narratives: The Intertwined Logics Of Choice And Care; Micol Bronzini, and Benedetta Polini 
Chapter 8. The Italian NHS Between Latent Paradoxes And Problematic Sustainability; Guido Giarelli 
Chapter 9. The Neoliberal Politics Of Otherness In Italian Psychiatric Care Notes On A Team Ethnography In Six Acute Psychiatric Wards; Mario Cardano, and Luigi Gariglio 
Chapter 10. Some Symptoms Of Neoliberalisation In The Institutional Arrangement Of Maternity Services In Russia; Anastasia Novkunskaya