The Politics of Emerging and Resurgent Infectious Diseases

JIM WHITMAN is a member of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge University. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Humanitarian Assistance and general editor of the Macmillan Global Issues series.

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Political Processes and Infectious Diseases; J.Whitman Poverty, Development, Population Movements and Health; M.Carballo Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Cities: Emerging Factors and Policy Issues; D.Guha-Sapir The Role of International Law in the Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases; D.P.Fidler The Political Causes and Solutions of the Current Tuberculosis Epidemic; K.Klaudt Refugees and Migrants; M.J.Toole The HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Public Policies and Possessive Individualism; R.Danziger Technological Change and Future Biological Warfare; M.Dando Non-Medical Aspects of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: A Need for Maximum Protection with Minimum Disruption; D.Heymann Challenges to the World Health Organisation; Y.Beigbeder Knowledge, Information and Intergovernmental Cooperation; D.A.Henderson Surveillance, Eradication and Control: Successes and Failures; W.Foege Index