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Securitization of Disease in the United States: Globalization, Public Policy, and Pandemics
Author(s) -
Cook Alethia H
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
risk, hazards and crisis in public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 1944-4079
DOI - 10.2202/1944-4079.1019
Subject(s) - pandemic , government (linguistics) , securitization , globalization , disease , political science , covid-19 , national security , public policy , development economics , public health , economic growth , political economy , business , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , medicine , law , finance , linguistics , nursing , philosophy , pathology
Recent spread of the diseases SARS, Bird Flu, and H1N1 have raised questions about how the US government will address the implications of a major pandemic. One of the key issues is whether a disease can become part of the national security agenda. This paper examines recent government activities in response to diseases to determine whether any disease has actually become a national security issue and the conditions under which this might happen in the future.