Global Health Governance and Policy: An Introduction

This is an interdisciplinary textbook that examines the relationship between globalization and social, political, economic, and environmental health determinants.This new edition of Global Health Governance and Policy: An Introduction provides a unique insight into the global systems and processes that ultimately affect peoples' health. Comprehensive and far-reaching, the book offers a concise overview of the structure, functioning, and the role of the main governmental, intergovernmental, hybrid and non-state transnational actors, analyzing how they shape health policy and governance across the globe.Updated to reflect important changes since the COVID-19 pandemic, this second edition expands the analysis of specific health issues of global relevance, such as ecosystemic challenges, the global transformation of the food-system, the spread of infectious diseases, the tobacco and substance abuse epidemic, human migration, the increasing levels of social and economic inequality, the glob