The Health of Nations: Infectious Disease, Environmental Change, and Their Effects on National Security and Development

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Edition: 1
Release: 2001-11-01
Publisher: The MIT Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0262661233
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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In recent decades, new pathogens such as HIV, the Ebola virus, and the BSE prion have emerged, while old scourges such as tuberculosis, cholera, and malaria have grown increasingly resistant to treatment. The global spread of disease does not threaten the human species, but it threatens the prosperity and stability of human societies.In this pathbreaking book, Andrew Price-Smith investigates the influence of infectious disease on nations' stability and prosperity. He also provides a theoretical and empirical foundation for the emerging field of health security. Price-Smith shows that the global proliferation of infectious disease will limit the ability of states to govern themselves effectively and to maximize their economic power. Because infectious disease can cause poverty, intra-state violence and political instability may i Download The Health of Nations for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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