International political economy
By: [edited by] Owain David Williams and Simon Rushton
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230238763
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; World health; World politics; Endowments; Medical care; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization
Description: "This book argues that the new actors in global health constitute a 'private turn' in global health governance, and provides theoretical and practical grounds for viewing global health partnerships and philanthropic foundations as closely aligned in their ideational and material approaches to a range of important issues and crises"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Private Actors in Global Health Governance; O.D.Williams& S.Rushton; title: PART I: GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS; title: A Critical Appraisal of Global Health Partnerships; S.Bartsch; title: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Expertise, Accountability and the Depoliticisation of Global Health Governance; A.Barnes& G.Wallace Brown; title: The Alignment Dialogue: GAVI and its Engagement with National Governments in Health Systems Strengthening; P.S.Hill; title: Evaluating Product Development Partnerships: Beyond quantitative metrics; R.Hanlin; title: PART II: PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS; title: Private Foundations and Global Health Partnerships: Philanthropists and 'Partnership Brokerage'; M.Moran; title: Global Health and the Gates Foundation; title: In Perspective; D.McCoy& L.McGoey; title: The Clinton Foundation and Global Health Governance; J.Youde; title: Private Foundations as Agents of Development in Global Health: What Kind of Impact Do They Have and How To Assess It?; C.Ulbert& B.Hamm; title: PART III: CROSS-CUTTING THEMES; title: Co-opting the Global Health Agenda: The Problematic Role of Partnerships and Foundations; T.Faubion, S.Paige & A.L.Pearson; title: The Limits of Control: The Accountability of Foundations and Partnerships in Global Health; E.Hesselmann; title: Coda: The End of One Era and the Start of Another: Partnerships, Foundations and the Shifting Political Economy of Global Health; O.D.Williams& S.Rushton.