1st Edition
The European Parliament and Global Health Polymorphic Actorness and Multiple Roles
By Vincent Rollet
Copyright 2025
304 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
304 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
304 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the actorness of the European Parliament (EP) and its roles in global health. In doing so, it appreciates to what extent this democratically elected entity can be considered as a global health actor.
Applying an original analytical framework to measure actorness, the book assesses the EP’s capacity to act regarding five major global health issues including the pandemic... Read more
Introduction: The European Parliament: A global health actor?
1. Assessing the EP’s actorness in global health
2. The EP and Ebola epidemics in Africa
3. The EP and access to essential medicines
4. The EP and the health implications of the EU-India FTA
5. The EP and R&D on poverty-related neglected diseases
6. The EP and Taiwan's participation in the WHA/WHO
Conclusion - The EP and global health: Polymorphic actorness and multiple roles
Biography
Vincent Rollet is Associate Professor at the Graduate Institute of European Studies (GIES), Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
