Income inequality, social cohesion, and class relations: A critique of Wilkinson's neo-durkheimian research program

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-81

  Muntaner, Carles ^a   Lynch, John ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL POLICY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032937231     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/G8QW-TT09-67PL-QTNC     Document Type: Review

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