Advancing Health Rights and Tackling Inequalities
Interrogating Community Development and Participatory Praxis
Abhijit Das author Neil Quinn author Anuj Kapilashrami author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bristol University Press
Publishing:28th Mar '25
£26.99
This title is due to be published on 28th March, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
In a world facing multiple intersecting crises, the push for healthier, more resilient societies has never been more urgent. This timely book reveals how empowered and organized communities can lead this change. It offers policymakers, academics and activists research-driven insights, decolonial perspectives and real-world examples of organizing and collective actions from across the global North and South.
By centring on the power of community development, participation and social movements, the book delivers actionable frameworks to tackle inequality and advance the right to health, making it an essential resource for anyone committed to health justice and for building equitable and sustainable health systems worldwide.
“Social and health inequalities worldwide have never been so great. These crises have many economic and policy causes, yet perhaps the greatest systemic problem is the lack of public engagement in co-creating solutions. This fine and wise book shows how communities can participate and make changes that improve lives. A superb insight into how to create better futures.” Jules Pretty, University of Essex
“I strongly recommend this rich, accessible, interdisciplinary, challenging book. It comes from the head and heart. Theory and praxis. Professional and personal. Intersectionality and decoloniality are woven throughout to offer a distinctive gaze to several mainstream discourses on participation and health rights. It’s replete with instructive case studies. The authors focus on health, but they speak to anyone committed to a more just world.” Paul Hunt, first UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health & Chief Commissioner for New Zealand Human Rights Commission
"This comprehensive overview of community development and collective action for health justice creatively bridges theory and practice. The focus on countervailing power from below offers a timely counterpoint - both to top-down approaches to community consultation and to the conventional framing of social determinants of health in terms of individual characteristics." Jonathan Fox,
American University
ISBN: 9781447361404
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176 pages