A collection of writings by leading experts and newer researchers on the SARSoutbreak and its relation to infectious disease management in progressively global and urban societies. INDICE: List of Figures.List of Tables.Notes on Contributors.Series Editors Preface.Preface.Introduction: Networked Disease: S. Harris Ali (York University, Toronto) and Roger Keil (York University, Toronto).Part I. INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND GLOBALIZED URBANIZATION:.Introduction: S. Harris Ali (York University, Toronto) and Roger Keil (York University, Toronto).1. Toward a Dialectical Understanding of Networked Disease in the Global City: Vulnerability, Connectivity, Topologies: Estair van Wagner (York University, Toronto).2. Health and Disease in Global Cities: A Neglected Dimension of National Health Policy: Victor Rodwin (New York University).Part II. SARS AND HEALTH GOVERNANCE IN THE GLOBAL CITY: TORONTO, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE:.Introduction: S. Harris Ali (York University, Toronto) and Roger Keil (York University, Toronto).3. SARS and the Restructuring of Health Care Governance in Toronto: Roger Keil (York University, Toronto) and S. Harris Ali (York University, Toronto).4. Globalization of SARSand Health Governance in Hong Kong One Country, Two Systems: Mee Kam Ng (University of Hong Kong).5. Surveillance in a Globalizing City: Singapores Battle Against SARS: Peggy Teo (National University of Singapore), Brenda S.A. Yeoh (National University of Singapore), and Shir Nee Ong (Hwa Chong Institution (College), Singapore).Part III. THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF DISEASE IN THE GLOBAL CITY:.Introduction: S. Harris Ali (York University, Toronto) and Roger Keil (York University, Toronto).6. The Troubled Public Sphere and Media Coverage ofthe 2003 Toronto SARS Outbreak: Daniel Drache (York University, Toronto) and David Clifton (York University, Toronto).7. SARS as a ‘Health Scare’: Claire Hooker (University of Sydney).8. City under Siege: Authoritarian Toleration, Mask Culture, and the SARS Crisis in Hong Kong: Peter Baehr (Lingnan University).9. Racism is a Weapon of Mass Destruction: SARS and the Social Fabric of Multiculturalism: Roger Keil (York University, Toronto) and S. Harris Ali (York University, Toronto).Part IV. RE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE, URBAN PUBLIC HEALTH AND GLOBAL BIOSECURITY:.Introduction: S. Harris Ali (York University, Toronto) and Roger Keil (York University, Toronto).10. Deadly Alliances: Death, Disease and the Global Politics of Public Health: Matthew Gandy.(University College London).11. Tuberculosis and the Anxieties of Containment: Susan Craddock (University of Minnesota).12. Networks, Disease, and the Utopian Impulse: Nicholas King (Case Western Reserve University).13. People, Animals and Biosecurity in and through Cities: Steve Hinchliffe (Open University) and Nick Bingham (Open University).Part V. NETWORKED DISEASE: THEORETICAL APPROACHES:.Introduction: S. Harris Ali (York University, Toronto) and Roger Keil (York University, Toronto).14. SARS as an Emergent Complex: Toward a Networked Approach to Urban Infectious Disease: S. Harris Ali (York University, Toronto).15. Thinking the City through SARS: Bodies, Topologies, Politics: Bruce Braun (City University of New York).16. Vapours, Viruses, Resistance(s). The Trace of Infection in theWork of Michel Foucault: Philipp Sarasin (University of Zurich).17. Fleshy Traffic, Feverish Borders: Blood, Birds and Civet Cats in Cities Brimming with Intimate Commodities: Paul Jackson (University of Toronto).Concluding Remarks: Roger Keil (York University, Toronto) and S. Harris Ali (York University, Toronto).Bibliography.Index.
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-6133-6
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 384
- Fecha Publicación: 19/09/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés