Governing Global Health: Challenge, Response, Innovation

by Andrew F Cooper, Ted Schrecker, John J. Kirton, Miranda A Schreurs, Konrad Von Moltke

Overview

Recently global health issues have leapt to the forefront of the international agenda and are now an everyday concern around the world. The war for global health is clearly being lost on many fronts and the massive body count is mounting fast. Re-emerging diseases such as polio and tuberculosis, long thought to be on the verge of elimination, are now coupled with the devastation of newly emerging ones such as SARS and avian influenza. In addition, the shock of bioterrorism has given a tragic poignancy to the importance of studying the failure of the global health governance system.

Compiled by renowned specialists, this volume studies the global challenges and responses to these issues, as well as the roles of central institutions such as the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization and the G8. Health practitioners and clinicians seeking a context for their front-line care provision, as well as scholars and students of global health issues, will find the volume highly valuable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409495840
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	02/28/2013
Series:	Global Environmental Governance
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Andrew Cooper is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada. John Kirton is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada. Ted Schrecker is Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada.

Andrew F. Cooper, John J. Kirton, Ted Schrecker, Mark W. Zacher, James Orbinski, David P. Fidler, Nick Drager, Laura Sunderland, Colin I. Bradford Jr, Chantal Blouin, Lee-Nah Hsu, Jessica White, Jenevieve Mannell, Obijiofor Aginam, Ella Kokotsis, Ronald Labonté, David Sanders, Colleen O'Manique.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Part I Introduction: Governing global health in the 21st century, Andrew F. Cooper, John J. Kirton and Ted Schrecker. Part II Global Challenges and Responses: The transformation in global health collaboration since the 1990s, Mark W. Zacher; Global health, social movements and governance, James Orbinski; A pathology of public health securitism: approaching pandemics as security threats, David P. Fidler. Part III The Central Institutions: The Multilateral System: Public health in a globalising world: the perspective from the World Health Organization, Nick Drager and Laura Sunderland; Reaching the millennium development goals, Colin I. Bradford Jr; Can the World Trade Organization help achieve the health millennium development goals?, Chantal Blouin; Partnerships for health, the environment and governance, Lee-Nah Hsu and Jessica White. Part IV The Central Institutions: The G8 System: The G8 and global health governance, John J. Kirton and Jenevieve Mannell; Diplomatic rhetoric or rhetorical diplomacy: the G8 and global; health governance, Obijiofor Aginam; Keeping faith with Africa's health: catalysing G8 compliance, John J. Kirton and Ella Kokotsis; Breaking faith with Africa: the G8 and population health after Gleneagles, Ted Schrecker, Ronald Labonté and David Sanders; Global health and universal human rights: the case for G8 accountability, Colleen O'Manique. Part V Conclusion: Toward innovation in global health governance, Andrew F. Cooper, John J. Kirton and Ted Schrecker; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.