- Copyright Page
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Global Health Politics: An Introduction
- The History of International Health: Medicine, Politics, and Two Socio-Medical Perspectives, 1851 to 2000
- Globalisation and the Politics of Global Health
- The Politics of Global Health Inequalities: Approaches to Studying the Role of Power
- Critical Approaches to Global Health
- Global Health Diplomacy
- Security and Health
- Global Health and Human Security
- Critical Security Studies and Global Health
- Biosecurity and the Risk to Global Health
- Military Assistance during Health Emergencies
- Global Health and International Development
- The Politics of Gender and Global Health
- Global Health Governance
- The State and Global Health
- Emerging Powers and Global Health Governance: The Case of BRICS Countries
- The Politics of Global Health Agenda Setting
- The Politics of Intergovernmental Organizations in Global Health
- Civil Society and Global Health Politics
- The Role of the Business Sector in Global Health Politics
- Philanthropy and Global Health
- Trade and Investment Agreements and the Global Politics of Health
- The Global Politics of Healthcare Reform
- Towards a Critical Political Economy of Global Health
- The Human Right to Health and Global Health Politics
- Reporting Disease Outbreaks in a World with No Digital Borders
- The Politics of Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
- The Global Politics of HIV and AIDS
- The Global Politics of Neglected Tropical Diseases
- The Politics of Global Vaccination Policies
- The Global Politics of Access to Medicines: From 1.0 to 2.0
- Non-Communicable Diseases and Global Health Politics
- The Politics of Global Tobacco Control
- The Politics of Global Bioethical Frameworks
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
Although global health researchers and practitioners routinely interact with state agencies, the research literature contains little theorizing or critical reflection on the role of the state. This chapter addresses this neglect on two dimensions: states’ policies within their borders and states’ involvement with global health politics and other areas of international interaction that influence health. Examples are drawn from both rich and poor countries. The chapter concludes by examining three lines of argument related to the declining relevance of the nation-state, organized around pressures for economic policy convergence; the proliferation of non-state actors in global health; and the emergence of a nascent transnational state. While each has merit, each likewise risks overstating the case for a ‘post-Westphalian’ global order.
Keywords: policy coherence, political economy, post-Westphalian global order, poverty, states, trade, universal health coverage
Ted Schrecker, Newcastle University
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- Copyright Page
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Global Health Politics: An Introduction
- The History of International Health: Medicine, Politics, and Two Socio-Medical Perspectives, 1851 to 2000
- Globalisation and the Politics of Global Health
- The Politics of Global Health Inequalities: Approaches to Studying the Role of Power
- Critical Approaches to Global Health
- Global Health Diplomacy
- Security and Health
- Global Health and Human Security
- Critical Security Studies and Global Health
- Biosecurity and the Risk to Global Health
- Military Assistance during Health Emergencies
- Global Health and International Development
- The Politics of Gender and Global Health
- Global Health Governance
- The State and Global Health
- Emerging Powers and Global Health Governance: The Case of BRICS Countries
- The Politics of Global Health Agenda Setting
- The Politics of Intergovernmental Organizations in Global Health
- Civil Society and Global Health Politics
- The Role of the Business Sector in Global Health Politics
- Philanthropy and Global Health
- Trade and Investment Agreements and the Global Politics of Health
- The Global Politics of Healthcare Reform
- Towards a Critical Political Economy of Global Health
- The Human Right to Health and Global Health Politics
- Reporting Disease Outbreaks in a World with No Digital Borders
- The Politics of Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
- The Global Politics of HIV and AIDS
- The Global Politics of Neglected Tropical Diseases
- The Politics of Global Vaccination Policies
- The Global Politics of Access to Medicines: From 1.0 to 2.0
- Non-Communicable Diseases and Global Health Politics
- The Politics of Global Tobacco Control
- The Politics of Global Bioethical Frameworks
- Index