Plagues and Politics: Infectious Disease and International Policy

by A. Price-Smith

Overview

Infectious diseases once thought to be controlled (such as malaria and tuberculosis) are now spreading rapidly across the globe, and lethal new disease agents (HIV/AIDS, ebola and BSE) continue to emerge at an ominous pace. Policymakers must consider the implications of disease proliferation for economic prosperity, general well-being, and national security in affected societies. This work represents a collection of articles from the premier authors in the field on the ramifications of disease emergence for international development, international law, and national security.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333800669
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/19/2001
Series:	Global Issues
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	293
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

SIMON CARVALHO Associate Researcher, Institute for International Relations, University of British Columbia PAUL R. EPSTEIN Associate Director, Centre for Health and Global Environment, Harvard Medical School DAVID P. FIDLER Associate Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington LAURIE GARRETT Medical and Science Reporter, Newsday Magazine SARA GLASGOW Doctoral Candidate, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park LOCH K. JOHNSON Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Georgia ANN MARIE KIMBALL Associate Professor of Health Services and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington STEPHEN S. MORSE Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University DENNIS PIRAGES Professor, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park DIANE C. SNYDER Department of Government, Princeton University SIMON SZRETER Lecturer, Faculty of History, Cambridge University JIM WHITMAN Lecturer, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University MARK ZACHER Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors Introduction; A.T.Price-Smith Factors in the Emergence of Infectious Diseases; S.S.Morse Climate, Ecology and Human Health; P.R.Epstein The Economics of Emerging Infections in the Asia Pacific Region: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?; R.Davis & A.M.Kimball Economic Growth, Disruption, Deprivation, Disease, and Death: On the Importance of the Politics of Public Health for Development; S.Szreter Disease, Deprivation and International Development; A.T.Price-Smith The Map is not the Territory: Reconceiving Human Security; J.Whitman Ghosts of Kigali: Infectious Disease and Global Stability at the Turn of the Century; A.T.Price-Smith The Return of Infectious Disease; L.Garrett Microsecurity; S.Glasgow & D.Pirages Beyond the Traditional Intelligence Agenda: Examining the Merits of a Global Public Health Portfolio; L.K.Johnson & D.C.Snyder The International Health Regulations in Historical Perspective; S.Carvalho & M.Zacher Public Health and International Law: The Impact of Infectious Diseases on the Formation of International Legal Regimes, 1800-2000; D.P.Fidler Index