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Pandemics, Science and Policy: H1N1 and the World Health Organisation
Sudeepa Abeysinghe
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Description for Pandemics, Science and Policy: H1N1 and the World Health Organisation
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPQB; MBS; PDR; VFD; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Pandemics, Science and Policy analyses the World Health Organisation's (WHO) management of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic. Abeysinghe illustrates the ways in which the WHO's account was vulnerable to contestation, and ultimately how uncertain risks can affect policy and action on the global level.
Pandemics, Science and Policy analyses the World Health Organisation's (WHO) management of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic. Abeysinghe illustrates the ways in which the WHO's account was vulnerable to contestation, and ultimately how uncertain risks can affect policy and action on the global level.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349499977
SKU
V9781349499977
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99-15
About Sudeepa Abeysinghe
Sudeepa Abeysinghe is a Lecturer in Global Health Policy in the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Reviews for Pandemics, Science and Policy: H1N1 and the World Health Organisation
Tightly argued from sociological theory, the book, part of the `Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy' series, will appeal to sociologists of global health and global health policy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty. (T. P. Gariepy, Choice, Vol. 53 (6), February, 2016)