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This is the final published version of a book chapter that has been published in its final definitive form by Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, 2010.
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This chapter represents a preliminary effort to understand the health implications of transnsationaleconomic integration (globalization) for population health in Canadian metropolitan areas, and toinform the development of policy responses and strategies of resistance. Special emphasis is placedon health equity as it is affected by social determinants of health. I first provide a stylizeddescription of the rationale for concentrating on major metropolitan areas, rather than onCanadian society as a whole, with reference to the evidence base on place-related effects on health.I then summarize the major channels of influence leading from globalization to social determinantsof health in metropolitan areas. These involve labour markets; the attractiveness of urban‘revitalization’ schemes in a context of changing opportunities for capital accumulation and growthpromotion; and migration. The chapter concludes with some rather pessimistic observations aboutthe prospects for increased health equity, given today’s neoliberal drift in public policy andpressures for policy convergence around economic competitiveness.
Author(s): Schrecker T
Editor(s): Labonté, R
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: Forgotten Families: Globalization and the Health of Canadians
Year: 2010
Pages: 188-208
Print publication date: 01/09/2010
Series Title: Transdisciplinary Studies in Population Health
Publisher: Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa
