'A highly original and nuanced analysis that judiciously navigates the major debates and controversies around global health security with a distinct ethos of dignity, solidarity and humanity.'
Stefan Elbe, Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex, and author of Pandemics, Pills and Politics: Governing Global Health Security
'Simon Rushton's deep engagement with the politics of public health gets to the very core of what it means to ensure health and human security for all.'
Mely Caballero-Anthony, Professor of International Relations, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
* CONTENTS
* Acknowledgements
* Introduction: Disease and security in historical perspective
* Chapter 1. Pandemics and global health security
* Chapter 2. AIDS: A positive case of securitization?
* Chapter 3. Science, risk, and uncertainty
* Chapter 4. Disease, human rights and security responses
* Chapter 5. Global inequalities and differential disease risks Chapter 6. Everyday insecurities, health priorities, and global agendas
* Conclusion: towards a pro-health politics
* Notes
* References
Simon Rushton is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sheffield.