The Politics of Emerging and Resurgent Infectious Diseases

by Whitman, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780312228545
• ISBN10: 0312228546
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-10-06
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

HIV/AIDS is but one of a number of new and deadly diseases which threaten communities throughout the world. Together with the resurgence of diseases once thought to have been "conquered," the human costs and social implications have begun to engage a diverse range of practitioners and scholars. The premise behind this collection is that the casual relations, impacts and consequences of this disturbing trend are as much political as medical or scientific.

Author Biography

Jim Whitman is a member of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Notes on the Contributors	x
Abbreviations	xii
Political Processes and Infections Diseases	1	(14)
Jim Whitman
Poverty, Development, Population Movements and Health	15	(24)
Manuel Carballo
Case Studies of Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Cities: Emerging Factors and Policy Issues	39	(23)
Debarati Guha-Sapir
The Role of International Law in the Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases	62	(24)
David P. Fidler
The Political Causes and Solutions of the Current Tuberculosis Epidemic	86	(24)
Kraig Klaudt
Refugees and Migrants	110	(20)
Michael J. Toole
The HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Public Policies and Possessive Individualism	130	(17)
Renee Danziger
Technological Change and Future Biological Warfare	147	(23)
Malcolm Dando
Non-Medical Aspects of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: Maximum Protection with Minimal Disruption	170	(8)
David Heymann
Challenges to the World Health Organization	178	(22)
Yves Beigbeder
Knowledge, Information and Intergovernmental Cooperation	200	(13)
Donald A. Henderson
Surveillance, Eradication and Control: Successes and Failures	213	(7)
William Foege
Index	220