• Am J Public Health · Feb 2021

    The Political Economy of Health: Revisiting Its Marxian Origins to Address 21st-Century Health Inequalities.

    • Michael Harvey.
    • Michael Harvey is with the Department of Health Services Administration and Policy, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
    • Am J Public Health. 2021 Feb 1; 111 (2): 293-300.

    AbstractThe "political economy of health" is concerned with how political and economic domains interact and shape individual and population health outcomes. However, the term is variously defined in the public health, medical, and social science literatures.This could result in confusion about the term and its associated tradition, thereby constituting a barrier to its application in public health research and practice.To address these issues, I survey the political economy of health tradition, clarify its specifically Marxian theoretical legacy, and discuss its relevance to understanding and addressing public health issues. I conclude by discussing the benefits of employing critical theories of race and racism with Marxian political economy to better understand the roles of class exploitation and racial oppression in epidemiological patterning.

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