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Pandemics and Emerging Infectious Diseases

The Sociological Agenda

Robert Dingwall editor Lily M Hoffman editor Karen Staniland editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:30th Aug '13

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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
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“Overall, I feel that this book does an excellent job of providing an accessible yet sophisticated collection of studies on a hitherto understudied topic in the sociology of health and illness. I am hopeful that this volume will encourage further scholarship into the sociology of pandemics, which will itself become an established area in its own right.”  (Sociology of Health & Illness, 1 July 2015)

ISBN: 9781118553718

Dimensions: 230mm x 154mm x 10mm

Weight: 308g

184 pages