Constance A. Nathanson

Disease Prevention as Social Change

The State, Society, and Public Health in the United States, France, Great Britain, and Canada

From mad-cow disease and E. coli-tainted spinach in the food supply to anthrax scares and fears of a bird flu pandemic, national health threats are a ...

The Social Production of Crisis

Blood, Politics, and Death in France and the United States

When does epidemic disease disrupt society to the point where it becomes a political crisis? In the early 1980s, almost unnoticed in the larger drama ...

Cross-national Variations in Household and Family Structures Among the Elderly

The growing size of the elderly population in both developing and developed societies raises questions about the complex nature of family and househol...

Working Paper

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