Biopolitical Surveillance and Public Health in International Politics

The international community has an interest in providing the global public good of infectious disease control. This requires surveillance, but efforts to implement surveillance programs have provoked resistance, particularly when outsiders and international organizations are involved. Are they collecting information to help or to discipline states? Biopolitical Surveillance and Public Health in International Politics examines the role of biopolitical surveillance in international politics. How can the international community balance the need to engage in surveillance for disease control while simultaneously allaying fears about the purpose of such programs? Using historical and contemporary case studies, Youde traces the shifting balance between surveillance and global public good provision and suggests that a human rights-based strategy offers a stable compromise Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-13 Biopolitical Surveillance in the International Arena....Pages 15-39 Global Public Goods, Cooperation, and Health....Pages 41-61 Smallpox: Defeating the Scourge and Provoking Resistance....Pages 63-87 HIV/AIDS and Human Rights as an Evolving Strategy....Pages 89-112 SARS: Collaboration and Resistance....Pages 113-146 The International Health Regulations....Pages 147-175 Conclusion Balancing Global Public Goods and Privacy: A Human Rights Approach to Biopolitical Surveillance....Pages 177-188 Back Matter....Pages 189-245 This book examines the role of biopolitical surveillance in international politics by asking how the international community can balance the need to engage in surveillance for disease control while simultaneously allaying fears about the purpose of such programs