Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of boxes vi
4. About the author vii
5. Introduction 1
6. The healthy society 9
7. Social conditions and health inequalities 24
8. Markets, profits and health care 44
9. The structure/culture axis 59
10. COVID-19 and the fractured society 76
11. The challenge of global inequality in the Anthropocene 96
12. Planet Earth 107
13. War 120
14. Why theory matters 132
15. A theoretical framework for achieving the healthy society 154
16. Policy, practice and obstacles 181
17. The future: whither sociology? 204
18. References 215
19. Index 228