Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization / / Andrew T. Price-Smith

• Autore: Price-Smith Andrew T
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.196/9
• Soggetto topico: Communicable diseases - History; Communicable diseases - Political aspects; Communicable diseases - Social aspects; National security; Security, International; Diseases and history
• Altri autori: Price-SmithAndrew T
• Note generali: Sequel to: The health of nations / Andrew T. Price-Smith. c2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-273) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Contagion and chaos
• ISBN: 0-262-26424-2; 0-262-25553-7; 9786612240225; 1-282-24022-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911145539403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II