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The objective of this study was to document the social inequalities existing in both health statu... more The objective of this study was to document the social inequalities existing in both health status and health care utilization in rural areas of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. Whilst previous studies on the subject undertaken in Mexico and elsewhere have focused on examining differences between heterogeneous socio-economic groups within urban areas and between urban and rural areas, this investigation concentrated on analysing differences between groups and communities within rural areas which are considered to be more homogeneous. Particular attention was paid to examining differences between agricultural and non-agricultural occupations and between agricultural groups. To compare the overall health of groups and areas, three different kinds of health measures were used: self-reported morbidity, childhood mortality, and positive health (based on self-appraisal of health state). Four types of morbidity measures were used: overall morbidity, number of symptoms reported, morbidity of ...
World Politics, 1979
Recent refinements in social science thinking about power could be used to revitalize this approa... more Recent refinements in social science thinking about power could be used to revitalize this approach to understanding international relations. The relevance of scholarly work on the causal concept of power is explored with regard to the following topics: potential vs. actual power, interdependence, military power, positive sanctions, the zero-sum model of politics, and the distinction between deterrence and compellence. The tendency to exaggerate the fungibility of power resources, the propensity to treat military power resources as the1 “ultimate” power base, and the emphasis on conflict and negative sanctions at the expense of cooperation and positive sanctions, are still common in international relations scholarship. The most important need is for recognition that the absence of a common denominator of political value in terms of which different scopes of power can be compared is not so much a methodological problem to be solved as it is a real-world constraint to be lived with.
The objective of this study was to document the social inequalities existing in both health statu... more The objective of this study was to document the social inequalities existing in both health status and health care utilization in rural areas of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. Whilst previous studies on the subject undertaken in Mexico and elsewhere have focused on examining differences between heterogeneous socio-economic groups within urban areas and between urban and rural areas, this investigation concentrated on analysing differences between groups and communities within rural areas which are considered to be more homogeneous. Particular attention was paid to examining differences between agricultural and non-agricultural occupations and between agricultural groups. To compare the overall health of groups and areas, three different kinds of health measures were used: self-reported morbidity, childhood mortality, and positive health (based on self-appraisal of health state). Four types of morbidity measures were used: overall morbidity, number of symptoms reported, morbidity of ...
World Politics, 1979
Recent refinements in social science thinking about power could be used to revitalize this approa... more Recent refinements in social science thinking about power could be used to revitalize this approach to understanding international relations. The relevance of scholarly work on the causal concept of power is explored with regard to the following topics: potential vs. actual power, interdependence, military power, positive sanctions, the zero-sum model of politics, and the distinction between deterrence and compellence. The tendency to exaggerate the fungibility of power resources, the propensity to treat military power resources as the1 “ultimate” power base, and the emphasis on conflict and negative sanctions at the expense of cooperation and positive sanctions, are still common in international relations scholarship. The most important need is for recognition that the absence of a common denominator of political value in terms of which different scopes of power can be compared is not so much a methodological problem to be solved as it is a real-world constraint to be lived with.