{"title":"Simon Rushton","description":"\u003cp\u003eSimon Rushton explores the intricate relationship between security and public health, offering insightful perspectives on how global challenges intersect with political decision-making. His work delves into the complexities of international relations, emphasising the impact of health crises on security agendas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful analysis grounded in contemporary political affairs, with an emphasis on policy implications and the evolving nature of global threats. Rushton’s writing is essential for those interested in the dynamic interplay between politics, health, and security.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"security-and-public-health-by-simon-rushton-9781509515899","title":"Security and Public Health","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most Western governments, defending against the threat of infectious disease is now an accepted security priority. Deciding what resources and policies to put in place to protect populations from pandemics, however, involves difficult political choices. How can we get these decisions right? And what are we prepared to sacrifice to achieve better health security?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSecurity and Public Health\u003c\/em\u003e, Simon Rushton explores the politics of pandemics in the contemporary world. Looking back over three decades of public health, he traces national and international efforts to tackle infectious disease, focusing in-depth on three core areas in which securitisation has been particularly successful: rapidly spreading pandemic diseases, HIV\/AIDS, and man-made pathogenic threats such as biological weapons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree central problems raised by common responses to disease as a security threat are then examined: the impact upon individuals and civil liberties; the tendency to treat the symptoms and not the underlying causes of disease outbreaks; and the limited range of diseases deemed worthy of global attention and action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArguing against a tendency to treat global health security as a technical challenge, the book stresses the need for a vibrant, and even confrontational, political engagement around the implications of securitising public health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432496709868,"sku":"9781509515899","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509515899.jpg?v=1774555384"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/simon-rushton.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}