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Society, State, and Identity in African History
The Fourth Congress of the Association of African historians was held in Addis Ababa in May 2007. These 21 papers are a key selection of the papers presented there, with an introduction by the distinguished historian Bahru Zewde. Given the contemporary salience and the historical depth of the issue of identity, the congress was devoted to that global phenomenon within Africa. The papers explore and analyse the issue of identity in its diverse temporal settings, from its pre-colonial roots to its cotemporary manifestations. The papers are divided into six parts: Pre-Colonial Identities; Colonialism and Identity; Conceptions of the Nation-State and Identity; Identity-Based Conflicts; Migration...
The Economics of Medical Technology
Includes various aspects of the process of treating disease (such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and surgical procedures) is important for individual health and, consequently, also for general welfare. This title provides theoretical and empirical evidence about the market for medical technology.
The Manchester School
Pioneered by Max Gluckman to demonstrate the way in which social practice and structure together constitute and are themselves constituted by the situational flow of social life, the extended case method became diagnostic of the Manchester School of Social Anthropology. Anticipating practice theory, and implicitly politically charged, it was developed as a tool to bring into account what orthodox structural functionalism was ill-equipped to address, namely, problems such as change, conflict, deviance, and individual choice. Edited by two students of Gluckman, the volume comprises reprinted pieces by Gluckman and his colleague Clyde Mitchell, a Coda by Mitchell’s student, Bruce Kapferer, co...
Individual Decisions for Health
This book poses the important question of whether economic theory can be developed to explain why people engage in activities that are obviously a danger to their long-term health.
Population Ageing - A Threat to the Welfare State?
Tommy Bengtsson Population ageing, the shift in age distribution towards older ages, is of immense global concern. It is taking place to a varying degree all over the world, more in Europe and some Asian countries, less on the African continent. The worldwide share of people aged 65 years and above is predicted to increase from 7. 5% in 2005 to 16. 1% in 2050 (UN 2007, p. 11). The corresponding ?gures for developed countries are 15. 5 and 26. 2% and for developing countries 5. 5 and 14. 6%. While population ageing has been going on for some time in the developed world, and will continue to do so, most of the change is yet to come for the developing world. The change in developing countries, ...
Violence and Belonging
Violence and Belonging explores the formative role of violence in shaping people's identities in modern postcolonial Africa.
Place and Replace
A multidisciplinary analysis of the Canadian West.
Copayments and the Demand for Prescription Drugs
The increasing proliferation of copayments is one of the most striking recent developments in the health sector. As debate over their nature and implementation rages on, this volume examines the influence of copayments on the choice of drugs.
State Health Insurance Market Reform
In this volume, leading American health economists provide a critical assessment of the current state of knowledge of insurance market reform that is accessible to both policy-makers and researchers.
