Health Norms and the Governance of Global Development - The Invention of Global Health

This book maps the emergence of health in global development discourse and governance since 1990. It argues that health norms have emerged, diffused, and subsequently become internalised through the various direct and indirect negotiation processes that created the global development goals.

List of contents

1.Why we wrote this book, & How to read it 2.How Ideas Have Evolved in the United Nations Development Agenda 3.Development, Health, and International Relations 4.Normative Foundations: The Human Development Paradigm 5.The Health Norms of the Millennium Development Goals 6.The Health Norms of the Sustainable Development Goals

About the author

Anders Granmo was educated at universities in Norway and South Africa. He is a lecturer and researcher, focusing on issues related to global health governance.
Pieter Fourie teaches political science at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has worked in the field of global health since the late 1990s, including at UNAIDS, the AIDS Foundation of South Africa, and he has taught at universities in South Africa and Australia.

Summary

This book maps the emergence of health in global development discourse and governance since 1990. It argues that health norms have emerged, diffused, and subsequently become internalised through the various direct and indirect negotiation processes that created the global development goals.

Product details

• Authors: Pieter Fourie, Anders Granmo, Anders Fourie Granmo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9780367707460
• ISBN: 978-0-367-70746-0
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: Routledge Studies in Public Health
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; SELF-HELP / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Health & personal development, Politics & government, Politics and government, Development Studies, Health, Relationships and Personal development