Health for some : the political economy of global health governance /

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Imprint:Basingstoke, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Description:xviii, 278 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:International political economy series
International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7843081
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Other authors / contributors:MacLean, Sandra Jean, 1947-
Brown, Sherri A.
Fourie, Pieter, 1972-
ISBN:9780230224247 (hardback : alk. paper)
0230224245 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-272) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The Political Economy of Global Health
  • Introduction: The Social Determinants of Global Health: Confronting Inequities
  • Part II. Framing Global Health: Government Actors
  • Shaping Global Health? The Accumulative Nature of the US Health Complex
  • 'The Best of Times, The Worst of Times?' The G8 and Prospects for a Global Health Ethic
  • Palliative Interventions: Global health Governance and Canadina Foreign Policy
  • Neoliberalism and Health Care Reform in Contemporary Japan
  • Part III. Global Health and Big Business
  • The Political Economy of Global Health Research
  • Emerging Economies and the International Political Economy of Regenerative Medicine
  • Patents, Pricing and Policies and Access to Medicine for Vulnerable Populations in a Global Economy
  • 'In Sickenss and in Wealth': Dealing with Public Health and Intellectual Property for Pharmaceuticals at the World Trade Organization
  • Part IV. non-state actors
  • Transnational Norm-Building in Global Health: The Important Role of Non-State Actors in Post-Westphalian Politics
  • Global Public Health as a Unique Issue-Area with High Levels of Innovative Forms of Governance
  • Global Public-Private Partnerships for Pharmaceuticals Access: Ethical and Operational Features, Challenges and Prospects
  • Philantropic Foundations and the Governance of Global Health: The Rockefeller Foundation and Product Development Partnerships
  • Southern Actors in Global Public-Private Partnerships: The Case of the Global Fund
  • 'Making the Money Work': Global AIDS Actors and Challenges towards Coordination of HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa
  • Conclusion