| ID | 144241 |
| Title Proper | Crisis! what crisis? global health and the 2014–15 West African ebola outbreak |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | McInnes, Colin |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines why the 2014–15 outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, which subsequently spread more widely, was understood as a crisis. It begins from the basis that there was nothing ‘natural’ about it being considered a crisis; rather it was socially constructed as such. Specifically it suggests that the outbreak could be understood as a crisis because of the way in which it resonated with the global health narrative. The article examines how the elements which constitute this narrative – the effects of globalisation, the emergence of new risks and the requirement for new political responses – are fundamental to how Ebola was understood as a crisis. |
| `In' analytical Note | Third World Quarterly Vol. 37, No.3; Mar 2016: p.380-400 |
| Journal Source | Third World Quarterly Vol: 37 No 3 |
| Key Words | Globalisation ; Security ; West Africa ; Global Health ; Ebola |