Pandemics, Science and Policy

Sudeepa Abeysinghe is a Lecturer in Global Health Policy in the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK.

• 1. Introduction 2. Narrating the Nature of H1N1 3. Risk and Scientific Uncertainty 4. Categorising H1N1 5. Vaccines, Institutions and Pandemic Management 6. Contestation and the Council of Europe 7. Globalisation and the Global Public Health Paradigm 8. Conclusion

“Tightly argued from sociological theory, the book, part of the ‘Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy’ series, will appeal to sociologists of global health and global health policy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty.” (T. P. Gariepy, Choice, Vol. 53 (6), February, 2016)