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Sacrificing the WHO to the highest bidder

Title
Sacrificing the WHO to the highest bidder / Théodore H. MacDonald ; forewords by David Player and Mathura P. Shrestha.
Author
MacDonald, Theodore H. (Theodore Harney), 1933-
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Radcliffe Pub., [2008], ©2008.

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Description
xvii, 268 pages; 25 cm
Subject
  • World Health Organization
  • World Trade Organization
  • United Nations
  • Neoliberalism
  • Privatization
  • World health > Economic aspects
  • Power Plants
  • Global Health
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The UN: its origins, problems and contradictions -- Selling off the UN to neoliberalism -- Privatization of water, and the problems of sustainability -- Dams and dambusters -- WHO: accessory after the fact? -- The UN's dalliance with nuclear power -- Neoliberalism and the human right to health -- Is the WHO mandate workable? -- Summary and recommendations.
ISBN
  • 9781846192524
  • 1846192528
LCCN
40015561379
OCLC
  • ocn192079311
  • 192079311
  • SCSB-9059310
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries