Global Health and International Relations

by Kelley Lee and Colin McInnes

Book Overview

The long separation of health and International Relations, as distinct academic fields and policy arenas, has now dramatically changed. Health, concerned with the body, mind and spirit, has traditionally focused on disease and infirmity, whilst International Relations has been dominated by concerns of war, peace and security. Since the 1990s, however, the two fields have increasingly overlapped. How can we explain this shift and what are the implications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745649467
• ISBN13: 9780745649467
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 5.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"