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Health Norms and the Governance of Global Development: The Invention of Global Health

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This book maps the emergence of health in global development discourse and governance since 1990. It argues that health norms have emerged, diffused, and subsequently become internalised through the various direct and indirect negotiation processes that created the global development goals.



Covid-19, Ebola, and HIV/AIDS are prime illustrations of the fact that health is supremely political. Governments - whether they are local, national, international, or multilateral - make decisions about their policy responses, coordinate their response, and channel the necessary resources. Such decisions are informed by local and global conditions, as well as sets of values, norms, and standards that determine policy and interventions. As states and regions become more interconnected, the politics of health are increasingly relevant to the sustainable future envisioned by global governance. This book explains how considerations of global health have come to inform and infuse the United Nations Development Agenda. It identifies processes, actors, institutions, and interactions in global health by analysing two related case the Millennium Development Goals, and the Sustainable Development Goals.



Providing an overview of, and insights about, the context of global development thinking and practice, the subtleties of global health, and of global health governance, this book is an innovative contribution to the literature. It is suitable for students and scholars of global health, development studies, and international relations.

272 pages, ebook

Published February 1, 2021

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