Security and Public Health

Simon Rushton is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sheffield.

‘A highly original and nuanced analysis that judiciously navigates the major debates and controversies around global health security with a distinct ethos of dignity, solidarity and humanity.’Stefan Elbe, Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex, and author of Pandemics, Pills and Politics: Governing Global Health Security‘Simon Rushton’s deep engagement with the politics of public health gets to the very core of what it means to ensure health and human security for all.’Mely Caballero-Anthony, Professor of International Relations, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore‘Security and Public Health is a book which will amply repay your time in reading it, and its perceptions and recommendations are likely to remain of great value and relevance for the foreseeable future.’Medicine, Conflict and Survival

• CONTENTSAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Disease and security in historical perspectiveChapter 1. Pandemics and global health securityChapter 2. AIDS: A positive case of securitization?Chapter 3. Science, risk, and uncertaintyChapter 4. Disease, human rights and security responsesChapter 5. Global inequalities and differential disease risks Chapter 6. Everyday insecurities, health priorities, and global agendasConclusion: towards a pro-health politicsNotesReferences