Sandro Galea
- Published in print:
- 2022
- Published Online:
- November 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780197576427
- eISBN:
- 9780197576458
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780197576427.003.0010
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter explores how science can shape the understanding of what matters most for health. Throughout the pandemic, it is science that helped in understanding the link between health and the ...
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This chapter explores how science can shape the understanding of what matters most for health. Throughout the pandemic, it is science that helped in understanding the link between health and the foundational forces discussed in the previous chapters, so that when it came time to make important choices, such as who first gets the vaccine, we were able to do so guided by a sense of what matters most. Ultimately, promoting a science for better health is core to creating a healthier world, post-COVID-19. The spectacular success of vaccine development during the pandemic will raise the understandable temptation of redoubling focus on doctors and medicines, orienting even more of the scientific energies towards treatments. We should take care that this does not distract focus from robust exploration of the socioeconomic forces that shape public health.Less
This chapter explores how science can shape the understanding of what matters most for health. Throughout the pandemic, it is science that helped in understanding the link between health and the foundational forces discussed in the previous chapters, so that when it came time to make important choices, such as who first gets the vaccine, we were able to do so guided by a sense of what matters most. Ultimately, promoting a science for better health is core to creating a healthier world, post-COVID-19. The spectacular success of vaccine development during the pandemic will raise the understandable temptation of redoubling focus on doctors and medicines, orienting even more of the scientific energies towards treatments. We should take care that this does not distract focus from robust exploration of the socioeconomic forces that shape public health.
Margherita Zanasi
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- February 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226978734
- eISBN:
- 9780226978741
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226978741.001.0001
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, South and East Asia
Economic modernity is so closely associated with nationhood that it is impossible to imagine a modern state without an equally modern economy. Even so, most people would have difficulty defining a ...
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Economic modernity is so closely associated with nationhood that it is impossible to imagine a modern state without an equally modern economy. Even so, most people would have difficulty defining a modern economy and its connection to nationhood. This book explores this connection by examining the first nation-building attempt in China after the fall of the empire in 1911. Challenging the assumption that nations are products of technological and socioeconomic forces, the book argues that it was notions of what constituted a modern nation that led the Nationalist nation-builders to shape China's institutions and economy. In their reform effort, they confronted several questions: What characterized a modern economy? What role would a modern economy play in the overall nation-building effort? And how could China pursue economic modernization while maintaining its distinctive identity? The book shows how these questions were negotiated and contested within the Nationalist Party. Silenced in the Mao years, these dilemmas are reemerging today as a new leadership once again redefines the economic foundation of the nation.Less
Economic modernity is so closely associated with nationhood that it is impossible to imagine a modern state without an equally modern economy. Even so, most people would have difficulty defining a modern economy and its connection to nationhood. This book explores this connection by examining the first nation-building attempt in China after the fall of the empire in 1911. Challenging the assumption that nations are products of technological and socioeconomic forces, the book argues that it was notions of what constituted a modern nation that led the Nationalist nation-builders to shape China's institutions and economy. In their reform effort, they confronted several questions: What characterized a modern economy? What role would a modern economy play in the overall nation-building effort? And how could China pursue economic modernization while maintaining its distinctive identity? The book shows how these questions were negotiated and contested within the Nationalist Party. Silenced in the Mao years, these dilemmas are reemerging today as a new leadership once again redefines the economic foundation of the nation.
