Public Health And Cold War Politics In Asia

Author : Liping Bu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000953947
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Health and Cold War Politics in Asia written by Liping Bu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bu and her contributors illustrate the complexity of tensions and negotiations in the development of different types of public health systems in Asia during the early Cold War. Competing models of development with different political ideologies and economic enterprises increasingly influenced Asian countries in their efforts to build modern nations after World War II. Looking at examples from China, Japan, South and North Korea, India, and Indonesia, the contributors to this volume look at how a range of Asian countries handled this postcolonial challenge. Health became a pivotal area that sustained the political discourse of differentiating one type of society from the other and promoting each system’s advantages over the other’s during the Cold War. Central to the discourse of a just society and the well-being of citizens was the promotion of public health and welfare for the people. The right to health was considered a fundamental human right as well as an essential social justice. A healthy population was also a prerequisite for national economic prosperity. Public health in postwar Asia was, therefore, a sociopolitical matter as well as a concern for the well-being of individuals. The health of the people demonstrated the advancement of a nation and provided the insurance for economic productivity and national prosperity. An essential read for historians and policymakers of public health and historians of Asia during the Cold War.

Author : Liping Bu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317964454
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Health and National Reconstruction in Post-War Asia written by Liping Bu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, based on extensive original research, considers the transformation of public health systems in major East, South and Southeast Asian countries in the period following the Second World War. It examines how public health concepts, policies, institutions and practices were improved, shows how international health standards were implemented, sometimes through the direct intervention of transnational organisations, and explores how indigenous traditions and local social and cultural concerns affected developments, with, in some cases, the construction of public health systems forming an important part of nation-building in post-war and post-independence countries. Throughout, the book relates developments in public health systems to people’s health, demographic changes, and economic and social reconstruction projects.

Author : Vivek Neelakantan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000838242
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Geopolitics of Health in South and Southeast Asia written by Vivek Neelakantan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-27 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the complexity of South and Southeast Asia in international health, taking into account the impact of the geopolitics of the Cold War on the development of public health and development in the regions. In light of the recent health pandemic, which has mobilized experts and governments and led to a securitized approach to global health, this book offers a regional approach to global health histories. The chapters provide case studies ranging from the Cold War to the present time and covering countries from across South and Southeast Asia. Contributors analyse issues related to disease control, an adjunct to wider Cold War geopolitics. They also examine the responses of regional organizations, particularly the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation), towards COVID-19. Collectively, the book illustrates how narrowly-conceived global health programs implemented by aid agencies failed to account for the local, national or regional contexts. Situating health in South and Southeast Asia in broader global contexts, the book will be a valuable contribution to the History of Medicine and Health and Political Economy of South and Southeast Asia.

Author : T. Vu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230101992
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dynamics of the Cold War in Asia written by T. Vu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the neglected cultural front of the Cold War in Asia to explore the mindsets of Asian actors and untangle the complex cultural alliances that undergirded the security blocs on this continent.

Author : C. Michele Thompson
Publisher : National University of Singapore Press
ISBN 13 : 9789813252561
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting for Health written by C. Michele Thompson and published by National University of Singapore Press. This book was released on 2024-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overlooked history of Southeast Asia's varied healthcare regimes during the Cold War. For far too long, Southeast Asia has been treated as a static backdrop for the exploits and discoveries of Western biomedical doctors. Yet, Southeast Asians have been vital to the significant developments in the prevention and treatment of diseases that have taken place in the region and beyond. Many of the institutions and people that shaped subsequent responses to outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics first began their work in Southeast Asia during the Cold War. The diversity of approaches to health and medicine during that era also reminds us of the possibilities, and limits, of human intervention in the face of political, social, economic, and microbial realities. The people and places of Southeast Asia have provided clinical trials for different health regimes. Fighting for Health highlights new perspectives and methods that have evolved from research presented at regional conferences, including the History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA) series. These insights serve to challenge dominant models of the medical humanities.

Author : Michael B. Yahuda
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9812303588
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Post Cold War Order in Asia & the Challenge to ASEAN written by Michael B. Yahuda and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2006 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper was delivered by Professor Michael Yahuda, Elliott School for International Affairs, George Washington University, at the Fourth Asia and Pacific Lecture organized by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore on 24 August 2005. Contents Introduction The Impact of the End of the Cold War in East Asia The Question of Regional Stability The Impact of the Great Powers on Security in Southeast Asia Conclusion.

Author : Michael Yahuda
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134620586
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The International Politics of the Asia Pacific written by Michael Yahuda and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Michael Yahuda's extremely successful textbook introduces students to the international politics of the Asia Pacific region since 1945. The new edition is completely updated with contemporary coverage of the economic crises and includes new chapters on: the current role of East Asia in world affairs prospects post-2000 the strengths and weaknesses of US dominance and the challenge of other powers prospects for and implications of an East Asian economic recovery.

Author : Liselotte Odgaard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134118473
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Balance of Power in Asia-Pacific Security written by Liselotte Odgaard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating the dynamics of balancing patterns in the Asia-Pacific, this book focuses particularly on the contribution of great powers and middle powers to regional stability. Taking the US and China as great powers, and using ASEAN, Russia, Australia and South Korea as example of middle powers, the author addresses the following questions: Do middle powers influence balancing patterns in the Asia-Pacific? Are the United States and China balancing each other in the Asia-Pacific, and if so, by which means? What is the contribution of the English school to understanding balance of power dynamics? The Balance of Power in Asia-Pacific Security makes a persuasive contribution to the debate on the US-China relationship. Interviews with policy practitioners and academics in the region offer a systematic analysis of the complexities of Asia-Pacific security. Providing conceptual insights, this book gives a fresh understanding of the mechanisms necessary to maintain regional stability and explains the implications of US-China power balancing for global security. It will be an important resource for scholars and students of Asia-Pacific politics and security.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780231043908
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of the Cold War in Asia written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Odd Arne Westad
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521853648
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Global Cold War written by Odd Arne Westad and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cold War shaped the world we live in today - its politics, economics, and military affairs. This book shows how the globalization of the Cold War during the last century created the foundations for most of the key conflicts we see today, including the War on Terror. It focuses on how the Third World policies of the two twentieth-century superpowers - the United States and the Soviet Union - gave rise to resentments and resistance that in the end helped topple one superpower and still seriously challenge the other. Ranging from China to Indonesia, Iran, Ethiopia, Angola, Cuba, and Nicaragua, it provides a truly global perspective on the Cold War. And by exploring both the development of interventionist ideologies and the revolutionary movements that confronted interventions, the book links the past with the present in ways that no other major work on the Cold War era has succeeded in doing.