Screen LibrarySecurity and public health : pandemics and politics in the contemporary world /
"For most Western governments, defending against the threat of infectious disease is now an accepted security priority. Deciding what resources and policies to put in place to protect populations from pandemics, however, involves difficult political choices. How can we get these decisions right...
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Polity Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"For most Western governments, defending against the threat of infectious disease is now an accepted security priority. Deciding what resources and policies to put in place to protect populations from pandemics, however, involves difficult political choices. How can we get these decisions right? And what are we prepared to sacrifice to achieve better health security? In this book, Simon Rushton explores the politics of pandemics in the contemporary world. Looking back over three decades of public health, he traces national and international efforts to tackle infectious disease, focusing in-d |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 229 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [190]-215) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781509515882 1509515887 |
| Index Number: | RA566 |
| CLC: | R-01 |
| Call Number: | R-01/R954 |