Health Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. Resisting Injustice and the Feminist Ethics of Care in the Age of Obama

   “Suddenly,…All the Truth Was Coming Out”

   By David A.J. Richards

   Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

   David A. J. Richards’s Resisting Injustice and The Feminist Ethics of Care in The Age of Obama: "Suddenly,…All The Truth Was Coming Out" builds on his and Carol Gilligan’s The Deepening Darkness to examine the roots of the resistance movements of the 1960s, the political psychology behind...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi

   Social, Political and Environmental Issues

   Edited by Richard Hindmarsh

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is a timely and groundbreaking account of the disturbing landscape of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown amidst an earthquake and tsunami on Japan’s northeast coastline on March 11, 2011. It provides riveting insights into the social and...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
3. Balancing between Trade and Risk

   Integrating Legal and Social Science Perspectives

   Edited by Marjolein B. A. van Asselt, Esther Versluis, Ellen Vos

   The trade aspects of risk and the risk aspects of trade deserve more systematic and genuine interdisciplinary attention if we are to really understand the global, international and supranational dimensions of risk regulation. This book brings together legal and social science research on risk...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
4. Health Care and Immigration

   Understanding the Connections

   Edited by Patricia Fernández-Kelly, Alejandro Portes

   Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

   This pioneering volume represents the culmination of state-of-the-art research whose purpose was to investigate the relationship between health care and immigration in the USA - two broken systems in need of reform. This volume sets out to answer the question: how do medical institutions...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
5. Direct Democracy in the United States

   Petitioners as a Reflection of Society

   Edited by Shauna Reilly, Ryan M. Yonk

   Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

   The increased use of direct democracy measures across the United States has brought attention to the individual petitioner however their motivations and goals continue to be an enigma. Drawing on behavioral, historical and legal analysis to provide a more concrete depiction of these individuals,...

   Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
6. Global South to the Rescue

   Emerging Humanitarian Superpowers and Globalizing Rescue Industries

   Edited by Paul Amar

   Series: Rethinking Globalizations

   This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of an epochal shift in global order – the fact that global-south countries have taken up leadership roles in peacekeeping missions, humanitarian interventions, and transnational military industries: Brazil has taken charge of the UN military...

   Published July 3rd 2012 by Routledge
7. Linking Integration and Residential Segregation

   Edited by Gideon Bolt, A. Sule Özüekren, Deborah Phillips

   Policy-makers tend to view the residential segregation of minority ethnic groups in a negative light as it is seen as an obstacle to their integration. In the literature on neighbourhood effects, the residential concentration of minorities is seen as a major impediment to their social mobility and...

   Published June 26th 2012 by Routledge
8. International Security, Conflict and Gender

   'HIV/AIDS is Another War'

   By Hakan Seckinelgin

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   This book challenges the conventional security-based international policy frameworks that have developed for dealing with HIV/AIDS during and after conflicts, and examines first-hand evidence and experiences of conflict and HIV/AIDS. Since the turn of the century international policy agenda on...

   Published June 18th 2012 by Routledge
9. Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, and Social Responsibility

   Edited by Nancy M.P. King, Michael J Hyde

   Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

   Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, and Social Responsibility explores the role of democratically oriented argument in promoting public understanding and discussion of the benefits and burdens of biotechnological progress. The contributors examine moral and policy controversies surrounding biomedical...

   Published September 22nd 2011 by Routledge
10. Understanding the Politics of Pandemic Scares

    An Introduction to Global Politosomatics

    By Mika Aaltola

    Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

    Reactions to pandemics are unlike any other global emergency; with an emphasis on withdrawal and containment of the sight of the infected. Dealing with the historical and conceptual background of diseases in politics and international relations, this volume investigates the global political...

    Published June 30th 2011 by Routledge