module 2
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH AND THE CHALLENGE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Objectives of Module 2
- Develop an understanding of the concept and workings of the political economy as a tool for framing a critical analysis of health inequity and the challenge for advancing social change.
- Elevate our understanding of health as a human right and practically observe how this basic human right is being undermined in the South African context through applying a political economy lens.
- Deepen our analysis of neoliberal capitalism and its survival, through critically understanding its impact on health systems and the undermining of health as a public good, with an express focus on its generational, gendered, racial and class impact.
- Begin the journey of exploring alternatives through the experiences of health systems and movements in the global south; historically through to present day struggles, and what this means for leadership for social change.
- Build on our social change initiative work by exploring different leadership contexts for social change, with practical examples in the health sector, and the effects thereof.
Activities
Day 1
HEALTH IS A HUMAN RIGHT, RIGHT?
Activity 1 – Linking modules: Health as a Human Right
Activity 2 – Why is health political? Preparing for site visits
Activity 3 – Site visits – A practical experience to grapple with health as a human right
Activity 4 – Site visits story-telling
Day 2
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH
Activity 5 – Framing a political economy analysis
Activity 6 – Case studies on political economy and health inequity
Activity 7 – Inside the South African political economy: a panel with case studies
Day 3
HEALTH AS A PUBLIC GOOD
Day 4
MOVEMENTS, LEADERSHIP & CHANGE
Day 5
SOCIAL CHANGE INITIATIVES
