Handbook of Social Comparison

Recent enlargement to the east made the European union a more diverse social space and brought it into more direct contact with the social and cultural aftermath of communism.

Editors: Tiliouine, Habib, Estes, Richard J. (Eds.)
Uses maps and timelines to illustrate the changes in the history of Islamic countries
Presents up-to-date information on the development of Islamic countries
Reports a 40-year time series analysis of the social change that is taking place
Presents an agenda of action to policy makers in the Islamic World and beyond

In comparison to medicine, the professional field of public health is far less familiar. What is public health, and perhaps as importantly, what should public health be or become? How do causal concepts shape the public health agenda? How do study designs either promote or demote the environmental causal factors or health inequalities? How is risk understood, expressed, and communicated? Who is public health research centered on? How can we develop technologies so the benefits are more fairly distributed? Do people have a right to public health? How should we integrate ethics into public health practice?