Open AccessThe ‘freedom’ to pollute? An ecological analysis of neoliberal capitalist ideology, climate culpability, lifestyle factors, and population health risk in 124 countries
Author(s) -
Eun-Young Lee,
Jeffrey R. Masuda
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
canadian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1920-7476
pISSN - 0008-4263
DOI - 10.17269/s41997-021-00530-7
Subject(s) - ideology , per capita , culpability , population , neoliberalism (international relations) , development economics , environmental health , political science , medicine , economics , political economy , politics , law
This ecological study examined the relationship between neoliberal capitalist ideology (hereafter, neoliberal ideology) and non-communicable diseases (NCD) mortality in 124 countries, focusing on the degree to which climate culpability and physical inactivity are implicated in explaining that relationship.