Vicente Navarro

Vicente Navarro is professor of health and public policy, sociology, and policy studies at the Johns Hopkins university, USA, and professor of political and social sciences at the pompeu fabra university, Spain. He has also been professor of economics at Barcelona university, Spain. Dr. Navarro has served as consultant to the united nations and to many of its agencies, such as the who and unicef, and been a member of many international commissions dealing with human development areas. He has...See more

Vicente Navarro is professor of health and public policy, sociology, and policy studies at the Johns Hopkins university, USA, and professor of political and social sciences at the pompeu fabra university, Spain. He has also been professor of economics at Barcelona university, Spain. Dr. Navarro has served as consultant to the united nations and to many of its agencies, such as the who and unicef, and been a member of many international commissions dealing with human development areas. He has written extensively on political economy, public policy, and human development, and his books have been translated into many different languages. his most recent volumes include the political economy o f social inequalities: consequences for health and quality o f life and the politics of health policy. See less