The gendered effects of foreign investment and prolonged state ownership on mortality in Hungary: an indirect demographic, retrospective cohort study

Scheiring, Gábor; Stefler, Dénes; Irdam, Darja; Fazekas, Mihály; Azarova, Aytalina; Колесникова, Ирина; Köllő, János; Popov, Vladimir; Szelényi, Iván; Marmot, Michael; Murphy, Michael J.; Bobák, Martin; King, Lawrence

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(17)30391-1

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“…This echoes workers’ experiences in deindustrialised towns in the West, where research has found a similar long-lasting degradation (Strangleman, 2018). The results are also in accordance with the research that has shown that the expansion of the private sector has led to a rise in income inequality (Bandelj and Mahutga, 2010; Mahutga and Jorgenson, 2016) as well as mortality inequality (Scheiring et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 91%

Left Behind in the Hungarian Rustbelt: The Cultural Political Economy of Working-Class Neo-Nationalism

Scheiring

2020

Sociology

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Nationalism is back with a renewed force. Hungary is a virulent example of the new nationalist ascendancy. As the country was a former liberal star pupil, Hungary’s neo-nationalist turn has been puzzling researchers for years. This study goes beyond the entrenched polarisations in the literature by highlighting the dynamic interplay between culture, structure and identity. It proposes to conceptualise Hungary’s neo-nationalist turn as a Polanyian countermovement against commodification, globalisation and deindustrialisation. The article presents the results of a thematic analysis of 82 interviews with workers in four towns in Hungary’s rustbelt and highlights how the multiscalar lived experience of commodifying reforms violated an implicit social contract and changed workers’ narrative identities. In the absence of a class-based shared narrative and lacking a viable political tool to control their fate, working-class neo-nationalism emerged as a new narrative identity to express workers’ anger and outrage.

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Left Behind in the Hungarian Rustbelt: The Cultural Political Economy of Working-Class Neo-Nationalism

Scheiring

2020

Sociology

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“… 31 Similarly, rapid privatization programmes in post-communist countries (linked to SDG 9, industry, renovation and infrastructure) have shaped gendered differences in mortality over and above the micro-level determinants of health. 32 SDG 8 (for promoting economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all) is strongly linked to health and gender. 33 , 34 Examples of interactions among SDGs 3 and 5 and other SDGs are provided in Table 1 .…”

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confidence: 99%

Gender, health and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

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Bull. World Health Organ.

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Gender refers to the social relationships between males and females in terms of their roles, behaviours, activities, attributes and opportunities, and which are based on different levels of power. Gender interacts with, but is distinct from, the binary categories of biological sex. In this paper we consider how gender interacts with the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, including sustainable development goal (SDG) 3 and its targets for health and well-being, and the impact on health equity. We propose a conceptual framework for understanding the interactions between gender (SDG 5) and health (SDG 3) and 13 other SDGs, which influence health outcomes. We explore the empirical evidence for these interactions in relation to three domains of gender and health: gender as a social determinant of health; gender as a driver of health behaviours; and the gendered response of health systems. The paper highlights the complex relationship between health and gender, and how these domains interact with the broad 2030 agenda. Across all three domains (social determinants, health behaviours and health system), we find evidence of the links between gender, health and other SDGs. For example, education (SDG 4) has a measurable impact on health outcomes of women and children, while decent work (SDG 8) affects the rates of occupation-related morbidity and mortality, for both men and women. We propose concerted and collaborative actions across the interlinked SDGs to deliver health equity, health and well-being for all, as well as to enhance gender equality and women’s empowerment. These proposals are summarized in an agenda for action.

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“…However, using multilevel data on settlements and individuals we have confirmed that privatisation was associated with higher mortality among men in Russia (Azarova et al . ), and among women in Hungary (Scheiring et al ., ).…”

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Cross‐country evidence on the social determinants of the post‐socialist mortality crisis in Europe: a review and performance‐based hierarchy of variables

Scheiring

Irdam

King

2018

Sociology Health & Illness

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An unprecedented mortality crisis befell the former socialist countries between 1989 and 1995, representing one of the greatest demographic shocks of the period after the Second World War. While it is likely that country‐level variation in the post‐socialist mortality crisis in Eastern Europe can be explained by a constellation of political and socio‐economic factors, no comprehensive review of the existing scholarly attempts at explaining these factors exists. We review 39 cross‐national multi‐variable peer reviewed studies of social determinants of mortality in post‐socialist Europe in order to assess the social factors behind the post‐socialist mortality crisis, determine the gaps in the existing literature and to make suggestions for future research. We propose a novel methodology to determine the relative importance of variables based on the ratio of significant to insignificant findings for each variable. The literature identifies inequality, welfare payments, religious composition, democracy, economic performance and unemployment as the leading factors that have a significant influence on mortality outcomes. Existing cross‐country studies fail to establish a definitive connection between mortality and diets, drinking patterns, liberalisation, trust, health expenditure and war. We also point out that the level of analysis is not a neutral methodological choice but might influence the results themselves.

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The gendered effects of foreign investment and prolonged state ownership on mortality in Hungary: an indirect demographic, retrospective cohort study

Abstract: The European Research Council.

Cited by 23 publications

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Left Behind in the Hungarian Rustbelt: The Cultural Political Economy of Working-Class Neo-Nationalism

Left Behind in the Hungarian Rustbelt: The Cultural Political Economy of Working-Class Neo-Nationalism

Gender, health and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

Cross‐country evidence on the social determinants of the post‐socialist mortality crisis in Europe: a review and performance‐based hierarchy of variables

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