{"product_id":"the-third-net-the-hidden-system-of-migrant-health-care-9781479821563","title":"The Third Net: The Hidden System of Migrant Health Care","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReveals the presence of an informal system of valuable support and care for marginalized migrants\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe United States' health care system not only consists of a formal safety net, but also an informal and disjointed network of organizations that offer basic care to millions of migrants. This \"Third Net\" provides free or low-cost health care for the undocumented, low-income, and uninsured migrants who are excluded from the formal system. This groundbreaking study sheds light on the existence of the Third Net and its implications for the overall inequalities in the US health care system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Third Net is made up of diverse providers with varying levels of service, organizational culture, and mission. These providers operate in unconventional settings, such as mobile clinics on wheels; pop-up clinics in repurposed spaces; and unlicensed, makeshift clinics run by health activists. Despite their unassuming appearances, these clinics are vital resources for marginalized populations that often go unnoticed by the general public, revealing the shortcomings of our formal health care system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy examining these alternative health care spaces, the authors expose the inequities entrenched in the broader health care system and urge a reevaluation of it entirely in order to address these injustices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Sun-Hee Park (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLisa Sun-Hee Park\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEntitled to Nothing: The Struggle for Immigrant Health Care in the Age of Welfare Reform\u003c\/i\u003e as well as co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-Tech Global Economy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Slums of Aspen: Immigrants vs. the Environment in America's Eden\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin Hoekstra (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eErin Hoekstra\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent scholar. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eSocial Science \u0026amp; Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Ethnic and Migration Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity \u0026amp; Community\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHealth Tomorrow: Interdisciplinarity and\u003cbr\u003eInternationality\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony M. Jimenez (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnthony M. Jimenez\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Rochester Institute of Technology. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eSocial Science \u0026amp; Medicine, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eJournal of Asthma, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eJournal of Immigrant and Minority Health, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHealth Tomorrow: Interdisciplinarity and Internationality.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50402251047186,"sku":"9781479821563","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_42041ecf-3812-404c-b1aa-5069bcc861e1.jpg?v=1729150583","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-third-net-the-hidden-system-of-migrant-health-care-9781479821563","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}