Security and public health : pandemics and politics in the contemporary world / Simon Rushton.
By: Rushton, Simon [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, ©2019Description: 229 pages ; cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781509515899 (pb).Subject(s): Pandemics -- prevention & control | Communicable Disease Control | Politics | Global HealthGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "In this book, Simon Rushton explores the politics of pandemics in the contemporary world. Arguing against a tendency to treat global health security as a technical challenge, the book stresses the need for a vibrant, and even confrontational, political engagement around the implications of securitizing public health"--Provided by publisher.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RA566.27 .R87 2019 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000014483 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"In this book, Simon Rushton explores the politics of pandemics in the contemporary world. Arguing against a tendency to treat global health security as a technical challenge, the book stresses the need for a vibrant, and even confrontational, political engagement around the implications of securitizing public health"--Provided by publisher.