Epidemics : Science, Governance and Social Justice (Paperback)

1. Epidemic Narratives 2. New Rules for Health? Epidemics and the International Health Regulations, 3. Haemorrhagic Fevers: Narratives, Politics and Pathways 4. SARS, China, and Global Health Governance 5. Constructing AIDS: Contesting Perspectives on an Evolving Epidemic 6. Local Practice Versus Exceptionalist Rhetoric: Case Studies of HIV/AIDS Programming in South Africa 7. Fighting the 'Flu: Risk, Uncertainty and Surveillance 8. Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Narratives of Security, Global Healthcare and Structural Violence 9. Epidemics of Obesity: Narratives of 'Blame' and 'Blame Avoidance' 10. Scapepigging: H1N1 Influenza in Egypt 11. Towards Conclusions: Science, Politics and Social Justice in Epidemic Accounts And Responses