Pandemics and Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Sociological Agenda

Dingwall, Robert; Hoffman, Lily M.; Staniland, Karen

Infectious disease pandemics are a rising threat in our globalizing world. This agenda-setting collection provides international analysis of the pressing sociological concerns they confront us with, from cross-border coordination of public health governance to geopolitical issues of development and social equity.

• Focuses on vital sociological issues raised by resurgent disease pandemics
• Detailed analysis of case studies as well as broader, systemic factors
• Contributions from North America, Europe and Asia provide international perspective
• Bold, agenda-setting treatment of a high-profile topic

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2013-09-10

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781118553718

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Dimensions: 229.9cm x153.7cm

Pages: 184.0