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Networked Disease: Emerging Infections in the Global City

S. Harris Ali (Editor), Roger Keil (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9911-0
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384 pages
July 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Presents original contributions by scholars from seven countries on four continents
  • Connects newer thinking on global cities, networks, and governance in a post-national era of public health regulations and neo-liberalization of state services
  • Provides an important contribution to the global public debate on the challenges of emerging infectious disease in cities
  • Examines the impact of globalization on future infectious disease threats on international and local politics and culture
  • Focuses on the ways pathogens interact with economic, political, and social factors, ultimately presenting a threat to human development and global cities