https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/In-the-patient-queue https://booksandideas.net/In-the-patient-queue 2025-11-06T09:11:00Z text/html en Igor Martinache Society medicine health hospital Double Une Cairn.info <p>Though they are presented as egalitarian, public health policies make extensive use of patient selection. As Maud Gelly demonstrates in an illuminating new book, this practice contributes significantly to health-related social inequality.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Does-one-choose-to-be-sick https://booksandideas.net/Does-one-choose-to-be-sick 2025-10-07T06:00:00Z text/html en Élodie Boublil Philosophy inequalities public policy health Cairn.info <p>Are we responsible for our own health? Yes, according to advocates of liberal public policy. Yet this position fails to acknowledge social inequality's serious pathogenic effects.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Palestinians-mental-and-physical-Health https://booksandideas.net/Palestinians-mental-and-physical-Health 2023-12-19T09:00:00Z text/html en Sélima Kebaïli International violence health pain war Text Interviews <p>While mental health is usually assessed using objective health indicators, these measurements fail to address the intricate impact of persistent violence on Palestinians' lives.</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-Power-of-Billionaire-Philanthropy-in-World-Politics https://booksandideas.net/The-Power-of-Billionaire-Philanthropy-in-World-Politics 2021-05-10T07:00:00Z text/html en Peter Hägel International power health foreign policy philanthropy vaccine <p>At a time when billionaires are being targeted by conspiracy theories, what is the actual power of philanthropic billionaires such as Soros in the Georgian Revolution in 2003, or Gates in the global health ecosystem?</p> https://booksandideas.net/Of-Viruses-and-Men https://booksandideas.net/Of-Viruses-and-Men 2020-10-26T08:00:00Z text/html en Cynthia Colmellere International France health agriculture Institut français epidemic United Kingdom <p>At the frontiers of epidemiology and social history, Delphine Berdah compares the very different health policies implemented in France and the United Kingdom in the fight against tuberculosis and foot-and-mouth disease.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Listen-to-the-Birds https://booksandideas.net/Listen-to-the-Birds 2020-09-07T07:00:00Z text/html en Priscilla Wald Society anthropology health Public Books Books and ideas originals pandemic Covid-19 <p>Once seen as omens, birds continue to point to the future: a few years ago, their change of behavior heralded the beginning of avian flu. Two anthropological studies focus on these avian sentinels. A closer observation of the relationships between species, they argue, would help us better prepare for the pandemics to come.</p> https://booksandideas.net/How-Austerity-is-Worsening-Coronavirus https://booksandideas.net/How-Austerity-is-Worsening-Coronavirus 2020-06-04T07:00:00Z text/html en Matthew Soener Society Economy liberalism market health hospital coronavirus austerity <p>The Covid-19 virus follows years of austerity politics in Europe and this market-driven ideology is already shaping discussions of how we should handle it. This article examines the way these decisions have affected our ability to respond to the current epidemic.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Working-in-China-in-the-Covid-19-Era https://booksandideas.net/Working-in-China-in-the-Covid-19-Era 2020-05-25T07:00:00Z text/html en Gilles Guiheux & Ye Guo & Renyou Hou & Manon Laurent & Jun Li & Anne-Valérie Ruinet International China health labour epidemic <p>China managed to maintain a certain amount of economic activity during the lockdown, but at what cost and under what conditions? This article highlights the regime's use of the media alongside the political and market logics specific to China.</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-Covid-19-Crisis-in-India https://booksandideas.net/The-Covid-19-Crisis-in-India 2020-04-13T07:00:00Z text/html en Marine Al Dahdah & Mathieu Ferry & Isabelle Guérin & Govindan Venkatasubramanian International poverty health India Books and ideas originals pandemic <p>The lockdown in reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic will have terrible consequences on an informal economy that relies first and foremost on movements and will deepen the socioeconomic inequalities that divide the country. The risk of people dying from hunger is extremely high and the death toll worsened by poor health infrastructures.</p> https://booksandideas.net/What-is-a-Public-Health-Problem https://booksandideas.net/What-is-a-Public-Health-Problem 2020-01-30T08:00:00Z text/html en Frédéric Orobon Society Carousel Philosophy public policy women health law drug <p>Initially designed to protect the population, public health systems can lead to demands being made for personal rights. This process is illustrated by an unexpected comparison between the legalisation of abortion and the provision of drug consumption rooms.</p>