Buch
Pandemics, Science and Policy
-H1N1 and the World Health Organisation-S. Abeysinghe
Übersicht
Verlag | : | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Buchreihe | : | Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Erschienen | : | 07. 04. 2015 |
Seiten | : | 243 |
Einband | : | Gebunden |
Höhe | : | 216 mm |
Breite | : | 140 mm |
Gewicht | : | 445 g |
ISBN | : | 9781137467195 |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Autorinformation
Sudeepa Abeysinghe is a Lecturer in Global Health Policy in the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction 2. Narrating the Nature of H1N1 3. Risk and Scientific Uncertainty 4. Categorising H1N1 5. Vaccines, Institutions and Pandemic Management 6. Contestation and the Council of Europe 7. Globalisation and the Global Public Health Paradigm 8. Conclusion
Pressestimmen
“Tightly argued from sociological theory, the book, part of the ‘Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy’ series, will appeal to sociologists of global health and global health policy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty.” (T. P. Gariepy, Choice, Vol. 53 (6), February, 2016)