Governance, political power, diversity, beliefs (equal opportunity and meritocracy; equal rights and democracy; impartial administration of justice and the presumption of innocence; universality of human rights and commitment to peace and self-determination; transparency, accountability, and the discipline of the marketplace) (student facilitators select topics)
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- Up one level
- Adimora. Policies and politics that promote HIV infection
Adaora A. Adimora, Catalina Ramirez, Victor J. Schoenbach, Myron S. Cohen.
Policies and politics that promote HIV infection in the Southern United States
AIDS 2014; in press.
- Thomas and Thomas: ... social forces underlying racial disparities in rates of sexually transmitted diseases in a rural North Carolina county.
James C. Thomas and Karen K. Thomas. Things ain't what they ought to be: social forces underlying racial disparities in rates of sexually transmitted diseases in a rural North Carolina county. Social Science & Medicine 1999;49:1075-1084 (full text link - to view from off-campus without logging in, remove ".libproxy.lib.unc.edu/" from URL).
- School-to-Prison Pipeline
2014 National Health Equity Research Webcast, plus resources page with links to other resources on the S2PP
- Kathleen Miles. This Program Would Save Heroin Addicts' Lives, Help Curb Disease and Save Money
Huffington Post, 03/17/2014
Tens of thousands of Americans die of HIV and hepatitis each year, and both diseases are strongly linked to intravenous drug use. Many of these lives could be saved through clean needle exchanges, which are illegal in 26 states.
More at http://www.nchrc.org/
- WHO Director-General addresses the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly
Dr Margaret Chan, Geneva, Switzerland, 20 May 2013. Video also available. The part that begins "At the same time, I need to remind you that what lies ahead, especially as we tackle noncommunicable diseases, is not going to be easy." may be particularly relevant for our course.
- Milton Friedman on the Phil Donahue Show
The web has many interviews with Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist who among his many accomplishments outlined some of the fundamental linkages between economic and political processes. He was also an exceptionally clear writer and speaker, and was highly influential in economic and political debates. His 1962 classic "Capitalism & Freedom" is a touchstone work.
- William Broad: Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science
As government financing of basic research has fallen off precipitously, philanthropists have stepped in, setting personal priorities and raising questions about science research for the public good.
NY Times, March 15, 2014
- *Lewis Powell 1971 confidential memorandum to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Includes precis by Vic, 1/6/2015