Global governance and public health : obstacles and opportunities / Geoffrey B. Cockerham.

By:

Cockerham, Geoffrey B [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, 2018Description: xvi, 299 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781786608499 (paperback.)

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Global governance and public healthDDC classification:

362.1 COC 23 014312

Contents:

1.International Relations Theory and Global Health Realism Liberalism and Its Variants Constructivism Marxism and Neo-Marxism International Relations Theory and Global Health Governance Plan of the Book Discussion Questions Suggested Readings 2.Intergovernmental Organizations and Global Health Governance International Sanitary Conventions Post-World War II Developments The World Health Organization The World Bank The International Monetary Fund The World Trade Organization Intergovernmental Organizations as Actors in Global Health Conclusion 3.Non-State Actors and Global Health Governance Multinational Corporations Non-Governmental Organizations Global Health Public-Private Partnerships Non-State Actors, Global Health Governance, and International Relations Theory Contents note continued: 4.Controlling Infectious Diseases: Malaria, Tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS Malaria Tuberculosis HIV/AIDS Assessing Global Health Governance's Responsiveness to Infectious Diseases 5.Securitizing Global Health Emergence of Health as a Global Security Issue Pandemic Threats and Emerging Infectious Diseases Biosecurity: Biological Weapons and Bioterrorism Global Governance and the Securitization of Health 6.The Global Politics of Chronic Diseases Tobacco Control Management of Diet and Obesity Consumption of Alcohol Global Health Governance and the Burden of Chronic Disease 7.Health as an International Human Right The Development of International Human Rights Law after World War II The Right to Health Contents note continued: Is There an International Right to Health? HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Chronic Diseases and Human Rights Prospects for Implementation and Enforcement of a Right to Health 8.Global Health and the Environment Environmental Politics and Global Governance Climate Change Depletion of the Ozone Layer Air Pollution Addressing the Environment's Impact on Global Health Suggested Readings.

Summary: This book uses international relations theory to offer different explanations for the politics of global health governance.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.International Relations Theory and Global Health
Realism
Liberalism and Its Variants
Constructivism
Marxism and Neo-Marxism
International Relations Theory and Global Health Governance
Plan of the Book
Discussion Questions
Suggested Readings
2.Intergovernmental Organizations and Global Health Governance
International Sanitary Conventions
Post-World War II Developments
The World Health Organization
The World Bank
The International Monetary Fund
The World Trade Organization
Intergovernmental Organizations as Actors in Global Health
Conclusion
3.Non-State Actors and Global Health Governance
Multinational Corporations
Non-Governmental Organizations
Global Health Public-Private Partnerships
Non-State Actors, Global Health Governance, and International Relations Theory
Contents note continued: 4.Controlling Infectious Diseases: Malaria, Tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS
Malaria
Tuberculosis
HIV/AIDS
Assessing Global Health Governance's Responsiveness to Infectious Diseases
5.Securitizing Global Health
Emergence of Health as a Global Security Issue
Pandemic Threats and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Biosecurity: Biological Weapons and Bioterrorism
Global Governance and the Securitization of Health
6.The Global Politics of Chronic Diseases
Tobacco Control
Management of Diet and Obesity
Consumption of Alcohol
Global Health Governance and the Burden of Chronic Disease
7.Health as an International Human Right
The Development of International Human Rights Law after World War II
The Right to Health
Contents note continued: Is There an International Right to Health?
HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
Chronic Diseases and Human Rights
Prospects for Implementation and Enforcement of a Right to Health
8.Global Health and the Environment
Environmental Politics and Global Governance
Climate Change
Depletion of the Ozone Layer
Air Pollution
Addressing the Environment's Impact on Global Health
Suggested Readings.

This book uses international relations theory to offer different explanations for the politics of global health governance.

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