| Essays on Strategy and Public Health: The Systematic Reconfiguration of Power Relations 2022 Edition Contributor(s): Wallace, Rodrick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3030835774 ISBN-13: 9783030835774 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $132.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Military Policy - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Political Science | Security (national & International) |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.17 lbs) 231 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a collection of essays that explore commonalities and contrasts between strategy in armed conflict and strategy in public health. The first part uses the asymptotic limit theorems of information and control theories to study strategy as an exchange of messages between adversaries, in the context of underlying power relations. The 'messages' to be exchanged are constructed from an 'alphabet' of tactics available to each contender, in a large sense. The second part of the book explores four case histories from this perspective, ranging across agribusiness-generated pandemics, through tuberculosis and COVID-19. The final chapter attempts a strategic synthesis applicable more specifically to public health than to the remarkably - and disturbingly -- close parallel of armed conflict. Taking a unique approach to public health tactics and strategy this volume will be of interest to social epidemiologists, public health economists, public policy scientists, as well as public health researchers and practitioners. |