Governing Public Health

Mark L Flear is a Lecturer in Law at Queen’s University, Belfast.

• 1. Context, Approach and Overview I. Introduction II. Law, Public Health and Participation III. Governing in Late Modernity: Theory, Concepts and Methods IV. Overview Part I: Governing Public Health2. EU Public Health Governance: From the Overarching Architecture to the Health Strategy I. Introduction II. The EU and Public Health: Legal Competence, Governance and Responsibility III. Operationalising the Overarching Strategy in the Field of Public Health: Together for Health IV. Structured Cooperation: Public Health Policy Implementation and the Health Programmes V. Conclusion 3. Cancer I. Introduction II. From the Overarching Architecture of Governance to Action Against Cancer: European Partnership via Together for Health III. European Partnership for Action Against Cancer IV. Conclusion 4. HIV/AIDS I. Introduction II. From the Overarching Architecture of Governance to Combating HIV/AIDS within the EU and in the NeighbouringCountries — Reflecting Together for Health III. Taking Action: Combating HIV/AIDS within the EU and in the Neighbouring Countries IV. Technologies for the Gathering and Production of Knowledge V. Conclusion 5. Pandemics and Beyond I. Introduction II. From the Overarching Architecture of Governance to Pandemic Influenza Preparedness — ReflectingTogether for Health III. Governing the Future Through Preparedness Planning IV. Conclusion Part II: Enhancing Citizen Participation in Governing Public Health6. Citizen Participation in Governing: Discursive Resources,Tools and Spaces I. Introduction II. Summary of the Findings So Far III. Risk, Public Health and Citizen Participation IV. Opening Discursive Space and Powering Technologies of Participation V. Conclusion 7. Querying Framing and Knowledge Production: Risk, Numbers, Measurement and Evaluation I. Introduction II. Querying Risk III. Querying Scientific and Technical Knowledge Production IV. Clinical Trials V. Conclusion 8. Querying Interventions: Magic Bullet Responses and Technological Fixes I. Introduction II. Interventions III. Pharmaceuticals Abroad: Access, Prioritisation and Triage IV. Conclusion 9. Conclusion

Governing Public Health defies disciplinary boundaries; it brings together insights from sociology, political science, law and critical legal studies in order to uncover the complex regulation of public health in the European Union. It is a timely book which will appeal to scholars of the European Union in many disciplines. It provides an indispensable roadmap to the links between law, (bio)politics and citizen engagement in the regulation of public health.