Global Health and International Community - Ethical, Political and Regulatory Challenges

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Global health arguably represents the most pressing issues facing humanity. Trends in international migration and transnational commerce render state boundaries increasingly porous. Human activity in one part of the world can lead to health impacts elsewhere. Animals, viruses and bacteria as well as pandemics and environmental disasters do not recognize or respect political borders. It is now widely accepted that a global perspective on the understanding of threats to health and how to respond to them is required, but there are many practical problems in establishing such an approach.This book offers a foundational study of these urgent and challenging problems, combining critical analysis with practically focused policy contributions. The contributors span the fields of ethics, human rights, international relations, law, philosophy and global politics. They address normative questions relating to justice, equity and inequality and practical questions regarding multi-organizational cooperation, global governance and international relations. Moving from the theoretical to the practical, Global Health and International Community is an essential resource for scholars, students, activists and policy makers across the globe.>

About the author

John Coggon is Professor of Law at the University of Bristol.Swati Gola is a PhD student at the School of Law, University of Manchester, UK

Product details

• Authors: John Coggon, John Gola Coggon, Coggon John, COGGON JOHN GOLA SWATI, Swati Gola
• Assisted by: John Coggon (Editor), Coggon John (Editor), Swati Gola (Editor), Gola Swati (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.2013
• EAN: 9781780933979
• ISBN: 978-1-78093-397-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Science Ethics and Society; Science Ethics and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, MEDICAL / Public Health, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, International Relations, Migration, immigration & emigration, Public health & preventive medicine, Migration, immigration and emigration, Public health and preventive medicine, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples