Security and public health : pandemics and politics in the contemporary world / Simon Rushton.

By:

Rushton, Simon, 1978- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2019Description: vii, 229 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9781509515899

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Security and public healthDDC classification:

362.19698 RUS

NLM classification:

WA 110

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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	362.19698 RUS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K3506

$22.95
AT/3010236/153

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-215) 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.

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