Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization /
by Price-Smith, Andrew T; Price-Smith, Andrew T.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009Description: x, 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780262162487 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0262162482 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780262662031 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0262662035 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Communicable diseases -- History | Communicable diseases -- Political aspects | Communicable diseases -- Social aspects | National security | Security, International | Diseases and history | Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- prevention & control | Disease Outbreaks -- history | Environmental Health | Health Policy | Security MeasuresOnline resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Theory and exegesis : on health and the body politic -- Epidemic disease, history, and the state -- Pandemic influenza : on sclerosis in governance -- HIV/AIDS, state capacity, and national security : lessons from Zimbabwe -- Mad cows and Englishmen : BSE and the politics of discord -- Epidemic of fear : SARS and the political economy of contagion in the Pacific Rim -- War as a "disease amplifier" -- On health, power, and security.
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Sequel to: The health of nations / Andrew T. Price-Smith. c2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theory and exegesis : on health and the body politic -- Epidemic disease, history, and the state -- Pandemic influenza : on sclerosis in governance -- HIV/AIDS, state capacity, and national security : lessons from Zimbabwe -- Mad cows and Englishmen : BSE and the politics of discord -- Epidemic of fear : SARS and the political economy of contagion in the Pacific Rim -- War as a "disease amplifier" -- On health, power, and security.
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