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The strange geography of health inequalities (2005)
Journal Article
Smith, S., & Easterlow, D. (2005). The strange geography of health inequalities. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 30(2), 173-190. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2005.00159.x

Place is undoubtedly relevant to health, and geography is a central character in the story of how rich societies handle inequalities in death and disease. But the text is incomplete, its scope limited by a too-delicate encounter between research and... Read More about The strange geography of health inequalities.

States, markets and an ethic of care (2005)
Journal Article
Smith, S. (2005). States, markets and an ethic of care. Political Geography, 24(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2004.10.006

The politics of welfare navigate between the entitlements dispensed within a shrinking sphere of ‘care-full’ state activity, and a growing demand for the informal, unpaid labour of caring individuals. Meanwhile, the dispassionate workings of the mark... Read More about States, markets and an ethic of care.