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and mental things that directly constitute and improve the longevity and quality of
human life. 'Governance' is the conscious creating, shaping, steering, strengthening,
and using of international and transnational institutions and regimes of principles,
norms, rules, and decision-making procedures that influence how autonomous actors
behave (Krasner 1983). 'Diplomacy', both generically and in the form of global
health diplomacy, is the conscious practice of actors operating across international
boundaries to get what they want from outsiders without the use of violent physical
force. Scholars of international politics of realist, liberal-institutionalist, political
economy, and constructivist traditions each have competing conceptions of how
governance and diplomacy affect outcomes. but all agree on their importance, with
classic realists highlighting diplomacy as the ultimate determinant of what happens
in the world (Morgenthau 1948).
The Authors
to enrich and apply this framework, this volume assembles the contributions of
leading scholars, researchers, and practitioners from a wide array of global regions,
scientific disciplines, and professional fields. It includes those from North America,
europe, africa, and asia, and those with extensive experience elsewhere in the
developing world. the contributors work in major multilateral organisations, national
governments, universities, research institutions, and civil society organisations.
their contributions come from the disciplines of political science, economics,
law, sociology, medicine, pharmacy, and a wide range of component fields. The
contributions draw upon a broad array of the major theories of global governance,
including realism, liberal institutionalism, constructivism, epistemic communities,
principal-agency theory, and complexity theory. this topic's purpose is not to test
these competing theories against the evidence to identify and proclaim a winner, but
to mobilise the insights of several traditions in an improved synthetic understanding
of how global health governance does, could, and should work in the contemporary
world. Thus many of the contributions are explicitly normative in inspiration, flow
from positive analysis into policy-oriented judgements, and offer recommendations
for further innovation of both practical and more visionary kinds.
The Authors' Arguments
Part II, 'responding to Pandemics: Severe acute respiratory Syndrome', begins
with the lessons from SarS, as the most dramatic and deadly of the infectious
diseases recently assaulting the developed north from the developing South with
striking severity, speed, and surprise.
In chapter 2, 'epidemic of Fear: SarS and the Political economy of contagion',
Andrew Price-Smith and Yanzhong Huang illustrate, through the case of SARS, how
in a globalised world no country is immune to the potentially damaging economic
