Plagues and Politics Infectious Disease and International Policy

by Price-Smith, Andrew T.

• ISBN13: 9780333800669
• ISBN10: 0333800664
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-06
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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 nation security.

Author Biography

Andrew T. Price-Smith is Post Doctoral Research Scientist at the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network and Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Columbia University.

Table of Contents

List of Boxes, Figures, Tables and Maps	xii
Acknowledgements	xiii
Notes on the Contributors	xiv
Introduction	1	(7)
Andrew T. Price-Smith
Factors in the Emergence of Infectious Diseases	8	(19)
Stephen S. Morse
Ecological changes and agricultural development	15	(2)
Changes in human demographics and behaviour	17	(1)
International travel and commerce	18	(1)
Technology and industry	19	(1)
Microbial adaptation and change	20	(1)
Breakdown of public health measures and deficiencies in public health infrastructure	21	(1)
For our future	22	(1)
References	23	(4)
Climate, Ecology and Human Health	27	(32)
Paul R. Epstein
Background	28	(3)
Environmental change and opportunistic species	31	(2)
Ecosystem health	33	(1)
Environmental distress syndrome: monitoring global change	34	(1)
Climate and emerging diseases	35	(2)
The effects of climate variability on epidemics	37	(2)
Disease clusters	39	(1)
Rodents, synergies and surprises	39	(3)
Marine coastal ecosystems	42	(2)
Is the ocean warming?	44	(2)
Discontinuities and instability	46	(1)
The costs of climate variability and disease outbreaks	47	(1)
An historical note on pandemics	48	(3)
What can be done?	51	(1)
A personal conclusion	52	(1)
Further reading	53	(1)
Some technical references	54	(5)
The Economics of Emerging Infections in the Asia-Pacific Region: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?	59	(17)
Robert Davis
Ann Marie Kimball
Case study descriptions of four epidemics	64	(5)
Framework for evaluating risk of economic impact	69	(3)
Cost trade-offs	72	(1)
Conclusion	72	(1)
References	73	(3)
Economic Growth, Disruption, Deprivation, Disease and Death: On the Importance of the Politics of Public Health for Development	76	(41)
Simon Szreter
Economic growth and the health of the populace in Britain, circa 1750--1870	80	(6)
Economic growth and urban deterioration in early-nineteenth-century Britain	86	(6)
Water, health and the politics and economics of public health in British cities	92	(8)
Conclusions: the importance of politics, the state and social capital	100	(7)
Notes	107	(10)
Disease and International Development	117	(34)
Andrew T. Price-Smith
Microeconomic analysis	119	(4)
Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and their legacy of orphans	123	(2)
Sectoral analysis	125	(11)
Macroeconomic analysis	136	(3)
National costs	139	(5)
Notes	144	(7)
The Map is not the Territory: Reconceiving Human Security	151	(13)
Jim Whitman
The international and the global	154	(1)
Human security	155	(3)
Emerging and resurgent infectious diseases	158	(1)
Conclusion	159	(1)
Notes	160	(4)
Ghosts of Kigali: Infectious Disease and Global Stability at the Turn of the Century	164	(19)
Andrew T. Price-Smith
International relations theory	164	(6)
Intra-state effects of ERID	170	(7)
Notes	177	(4)
Bibliography	181	(2)
The Return of Infectious Disease	183	(12)
Laurie Garrett
The post-antibiotic era	183	(2)
Diseases without borders	185	(2)
The city as vector	187	(1)
The emblematic new disease	188	(1)
The real threat of biowarfare	189	(2)
A world at risk	191	(2)
Prescriptions for national health	193	(2)
Microsecurity	195	(19)
Sara Glasgow
Dennis Pirages
Ecological security	196	(4)
Globalization and microsecurity	200	(2)
Social transformation and microsecurity	202	(4)
Microinsecurity in sub-Saharan Africa	206	(2)
The political economy of AIDS in South Africa	208	(3)
Notes	211	(3)
Beyond the Traditional Intelligence Agenda: Examining the Merits of a Global Public Health Portfolio	214	(21)
Loch K. Johnson
Diane C. Snyder
In search of a post-Cold-War intelligence agency	215	(4)
The significance of global public health intelligence	219	(5)
Resources of public health intelligence	224	(1)
The future of public health intelligence	225	(5)
Conclusion	230	(1)
Notes	230	(5)
The International Health Regulations in Historical Perspective	235	(27)
Simon Carvalho
Mark Zacher
Regime formation and regulatory roots: 1851--1951	236	(7)
Regulation experience and reform in the late twentieth century: 1951--95	243	(7)
Emerging diseases and new directions: reform in the 1990s	250	(5)
Conclusion	255	(1)
Notes	256	(3)
Bibliography	259	(3)
Public Health and International Law: the Impact of Infectious Diseases on the Formation of International Legal Regimes, 1800--2000	262	(23)
David P. Fidler
The globalization of public health and infectious diseases	263	(2)
Brief history of international law and infectious diseases	265	(4)
The international health regulations	269	(2)
Infectious diseases and international trade law	271	(3)
Infectious diseases and international human rights law	274	(2)
Infectious diseases, war and weapons	276	(1)
Infectious diseases and international environmental law	277	(1)
Future international legal challenges	278	(2)
Conclusion: the concept of global health jurisprudence	280	(1)
Notes	281	(1)
References	281	(4)
Index	285