Global Health in Africa explores the histories of global health initiatives to control disease in Africa. It provides valuable historical and anthropological research that integrates the social and biomedical sciences in the service of global public health. Its aim is to broaden…
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Global Health in Africa is a first exploration of selected histories of global health initiatives in Africa. The collection addresses some of the most important interventions in disease control, including mass vaccination, large-scale treatment and/or prophylaxis campaigns, harm…
This collection develops a public health approach for working with gender-based violence, paying specific attention to international budgets, policies and practice and drawing on a wide selection of empirical studies.
This is the first global history of the secret diplomatic and police campaign that was waged against anarchist terrorism from 1878 to the 1920s. Anarchist terrorism was at that time the dominant form of terrorism and for many continued to be synonymous with terrorism as late as …
This title examines one of the most debated issues in current international law : to what extent the international legal system has constitutional features comparable to what we find in national law.
First consistent analysis of the issue - three highly cooperating authors ensure coherence and unity Development of innovative and highly original ideas on the constitutionalization of international law Accessible language and writing style The book examines one of the most deba…
This title examines one of the most debated issues in current international law: to what extent the international legal system has constitutional features comparable to what we find in national law.
"The book examines one of the most debated issues in current international law: to what extent the international legal system has constitutional features comparable to what we find in national law. This question has become increasingly relevant in a time of globalization, where …
According to its Constitution, the mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) was nothing less than the 'attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health' without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic status, or social condition. But how …
This book analyses the concept and conditions of transnational solidarity, its challenges and opportunities, drawing on the diverse disciplines of history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology. In the contemporary world, we see two major opposing trends. …
"This book has been brought to life in a period where transnational solidarity and cooperation seemed to be moving backwards rather than forwards. This was among others reflected in the so called refugee crisis in Europe in 2015. After the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom…