Dec 12
Article by Vicente Navarro, published in Counterpunch, on the 12th of December, 2022.
This article explains the causes of the growth of Fascism and Nazism, from the 1930s, during The Great Depression, until the present day. It also includes the growth of Neo-Fascism and Neo-Nazism movements that occurred during The Great Recession and afterward due to the application of neoliberal policies by the governments on both sides of the North Atlantic, including in countries with very different (quasi-opposite) political traditions, such as Sweden (with a historically strong labor movement) and the U.S. (with a historically weak labor movement). The article also focuses on the consequences of this growth, representing a serious threat to democratic institutions and to the well-being and quality of life of the majority of their populations.
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Aug 09
Political economy, USA, Welfare State, Europe, International, International, Neoliberalism and Globalization, Spanish Politics, Political Transition, Political Transition, USA
This article by Professor Navarro published in the International Journal of Health Services shows the enormous importance of the category social class, besides race and gender to understand the political, social and health situation of the United States.
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Jun 15
Article by Professor Navarro analyzing the impact of social class in shaping the political events in the United States, including the elections of November 2020, published in Monthly Review, June 2021.
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Mar 29
Professor Navarro suggests the reading of this article, published in the London School of Economics on March 25, 2021.
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Mar 26
Professor Navarro suggests the reading of this article, published in the International Journal of Health Services, Volume 49.2, pp. 197-203, 2019. It analyzes critically the most recent scientific bibliography on the causes of the growth of mortality and morbidity in the white working class of the United States. The methodology used in these studies, and also the insufficient conceptualization of the variables used (such as social class), limits the understanding of the increment of the “diseases of despair” in that sector of the population. This article emphasizes the need to analyze the evolution of the social classes in the United States, and the political determinants that have changed not only the character and composition of that class, but also the power differentials between this class and other classes in the United States.
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