Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor

Contributor(s): Farmer, Paul (Author), Sen, Amartya (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9780520243262

Publisher: University of California Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$29.95

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$42.90 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$41.70 (100+ copies: $40.95)

List/retail price:

$29.95

Pub Date: November 22, 2004

Dewey: 305

LCCN: 2004010906

Lexile Code: 1360

Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.20" H x 8.90" L x 5.90" W ( 1.35 lbs) 438 pages

BISAC Categories:

Social Science | Social Classes and Economic Disparity | Poverty and Homelessness | Anthropology | General

Series: California Public Anthropology

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "Pathologies of Power" uses harrowing stories of life and death to argue thatthe promotion of social and economic rights of the poor is the most importanthuman rights struggle of our times.

Review Quotes: "Farmer gives voice to the unheard poor around the world and challenges medical professionals to broaden the vision of medicine to include human rights."-- "The Lancet"

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