Global governance and public health : obstacles and opportunities / Geoffrey B. Cockerham
- Author
- Cockerham, Geoffrey B.
- Published
- London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2018]
- Physical Description
- xvi, 299 pages ; 23 cm
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 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 -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings, Note continued: 4.Controlling Infectious Diseases: Malaria, Tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS -- Malaria -- Tuberculosis -- HIV/AIDS -- Assessing Global Health Governance's Responsiveness to Infectious Diseases -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- 7.Health as an International Human Right -- The Development of International Human Rights Law after World War II -- The Right to Health, and 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 -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings.
- Summary
- Global health issues transcend national borders and state sovereignty. As a result, a collective response at the international level is necessary to effectively address these problems. This response, however, is not simply based on medical expertise or technology, but is largely dependent on politics. Health has become inextricably linked to policies developed by global governance, whether these policies involve the surveillance and the prevention of the spread of infectious disease across borders, the distribution and consumption of goods that pose a health risk through international commerce, the right to quality health for everyone, or the protection of human health from climate change and environmental degradation. --
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781786608482 hardcover ; alkaline paper
1786608480 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9781786608499 paperback ; alkaline paper
1786608499 paperback ; alkaline paper - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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