Health for Some: The Political Economy of Global Health Governance (International Political Economy Series)

✍ Scribed by Sandra J. MacLean, Pieter P. Fourie, Sherri Brown

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 297
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The growing interest among IR and IPE scholars reflects several recent developments: the rapid transnationalization of infectious diseases; the concern to securitize health in response to bioterrorism; various health-related trade issues and the impact of environmental degradation on health.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 9
Foreword......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 12
Notes on Contributors......Page 16
Part I: Introduction......Page 20
1 Introduction: The Social Determinants of Global Health: Confronting Inequities......Page 22
Part II: Globalization, the State, and Global Health......Page 38
2 The G8, Globalization, and the Need for a Global Health Ethic......Page 40
3 The Accumulative Nature of the US Health Complex......Page 58
4 Palliative Interventions: Canadian Foreign Policy, Security and Global Health Governance......Page 72
5 The Relationship between the AIDS Pandemic and State Fragility......Page 86
Part III: From International to Global Health Governance......Page 104
6 Transnational Norm-Building in Global Health: The Important Role of Non-State Actors in Post-Westphalian Politics......Page 106
7 Global Public Health and Innovation in Governance: The Emergence of Public–Private Partnerships......Page 124
8 Philanthropic Foundations and Global Health Partnership Formation: The Rockefeller Foundation and IAVI......Page 137
9 Southern Actors in Global Public–Private Partnerships: The Case of the Global Fund......Page 149
10 'Making the Money Work': Challenges towards Coordination of HIV/AIDS Programmes in Africa......Page 164
Part IV: The Governance of Global Health Research and Product Access......Page 182
11 The Political Economy of Global Health Research......Page 184
12 Dealing with Public Health and Intellectual Property for Pharmaceuticals at the World Trade Organization......Page 202
13 Patents, Policies and Pricing: Access to Medicines for Vulnerable Populations in a Global Economy......Page 215
14 The Partnership Prescription: Access to HIV/AIDS-related Medicines and Public–Private Partnerships......Page 229
Part V: Conclusion......Page 244
15 Conclusion: Towards Equitable Global Health Governance......Page 246
References......Page 256
C......Page 292
G......Page 293
L......Page 294
P......Page 295
T......Page 296
Y......Page 297