Contagion and Chaos : Disease, Ecology, and National Security in the Era of Globalization.
Title:
Contagion and Chaos : Disease, Ecology, and National Security in the Era of Globalization.
Author:
Price-Smith, Andrew T.
ISBN:
9780262255530
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (295 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Theory and Exegesis: On Health and the Body Politic -- 2 Epidemic Disease, History, and the State -- 3 Pandemic Influenza : On Sclerosis in Governance -- 4 HIV/AIDS, State Capacity, and National Security: Lessons from Zimbabwe -- 5 Mad Cows and Englishmen: BSE and the Politics of Discord -- 6 Epidemic of Fear: SARS and the Political Economy of Contagion in the Pacific Rim -- 7 War as a "Disease Amplifier" -- 8 On Health, Power, and Security -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
An analysis of infectious disease as a threat to national security that examines the destabilizing effects of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, SARS, and Mad Cow Disease.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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