This work seeks to expand understandings regarding the impact of occupational illnesses and injuries on development. It identifies a marked lack of attention to the safety of workplaces in international policy, which belies the importance of occupational health concerns in creating sustainable and effective development policies. Using a materialist epidemiological framework of analysis, I argue that traditional development paradigms have failed to take into account the importance of quality of employment when determining policies for and in the Global South. The case study of the asbestos industry in Brazil is provided to illustrate the physiological, political, and socioeconomic effects that occupational illnesses may have in society. By examining how family members are affected by their interactions with the Brazilian asbestos industry in those three areas, I identify a far-reaching and under-examined burden created by the presence of unsafe workplaces. I conclude that development policies that ignore occupational health concerns ultimately serve to perpetuate structured social and economic inequalities and contribute to ongoing poverty in the Global South. Significant theoretical and practical re-orientations by both policy-makers and researchers are needed if meaningful improvements in development policy are to occur that take into account the importance of workplace quality.

Univ., Diss.--Rio de Janeiro, 1997.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of History and Politics, Discipline of Politics, 2008. / Includes bibliography ( leaves 297-347) Also available in print form.

Inaug.-diss.--Frankfurt a.M. / Lebenslauf. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. 88-95.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-203).

Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Dept. of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--University of Wisconsin. / Vita. Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1977. -- 22 cm. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 821-835).

Thesis--University of Florida. / Description based on print version record. Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-169).

Thesis--University of Minnesota. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: p. 424-428.

Inaug.-diss.--Frankfurt a.M. / Lebenslauf. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. 88-95.