The politics of surveillance and response to disease outbreaks: the new frontier for states and non-state actors

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction A Study of the Politics of Surveillance and Responses to Disease Outbreaks -- 1 Surveillance, Response, and Responsibilities in the 2005 International Health Regulations -- 2 The Revised International Health Regulations and Outbreak Response -- 3 Risk Perception, Assessment, and Management in Responses to Pandemic Influenza -- 4 Biosurveillance, Human Rights, and the Zombie Plague -- 5 GPHIN Phase 3: One Mandate, Multiple Stakeholders -- 6 A Review of Web-based Epidemic Detection -- 7 GPHIN, GOARN, GONE? The Role of the World Health Organization in Global Disease Surveillance and Response -- 8 Insights into Surveillance from the Influenza Virus and Benefit Sharing Controversy -- 9 Biosurveillance as National Policy: The United States' National Strategy for Biosurveillance -- 10 Strengthening National Health Systems' Capacity to Respond to Future Global Pandemics -- Conclusion -- Index.

1. Surveillance, response, and responsibilities in the 2005 international health regulations / Sara E. Davies and Jeremy R. Youde -- 2. The revised international health regulations and outbreak response / Simon Rushton and Adam Kamradt-Scott -- 3. Risk perception, assessment, and management in responses to pandemic influenza / Theresa Seetoh, Marco Liverani, and Richard Coker -- 4. Biosurveillance, human rights, and the zombie plague / Jeremy R. Youde -- 5. GPHIN Phase 3 : one mandate, multiple stakeholders / Abla Mawudeku, Philip AbdelMalik, Richard Lemay, and Louise Boily -- 6. A review of Web-based epidemic detection / Nigel H. Collier -- 7. GPHIN, GOARN, GONE? : the role of the World Health Organization in global disease surveillance and response / Clare Wenham -- 8. Insights into surveillance from the influenza virus and benefit sharing controversy / Frank L. Smith III -- 9. Biosurveillance as national policy : the United States' national strategy for biosurveillance / Jeremy R. Youde -- 10. Strengthening national health systems' capacity to respond to future global pandemics / Jennifer S. Edge and Steven J. Hoffman.

1. Reflecting the epistemology of law : exploiting boundaries / Asa Gunnarsson, Eva-Maria Svensson and Margaret Davies -- 2. Boundary-work in legal scholarship / Eva-Maria Svensson -- 3. An apparent boundary between law and politics / Asa Gunnarsson -- 4. Legal texts as discourses / Johanna Niemi-Kiesilainen, Paivi Honkatukia and Minna Ruuskanen -- 5. Beyond constructed borders : on child perspectives in the Swedish Aliens Act and the limits of law / Eva Nilsson -- 7. Challenging the heteronormativity of law / Gorel Granstrom -- 8. Social insurance law : the core of Swedish welfare law / Ruth Mannelqvist -- 9. Challenging on fundamental norm in labour law : the exception of the employer's family and home / Catharina Calleman -- 10. Exclusion of solo mothers in the welfare state / Lena Wennberg -- 11. Gender equality and the diversity of rights and obligations in Swedish social citizenship / Asa Gunnarsson -- 12. Notes towards an optimistic feminism : a long view / Margaret Davies.