Tobacco Control in Africa: People, Politics and Policies (Anthem Studies in Development and Globalization)
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (552 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0857287834 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 332 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jeffrey Drope is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
‘Tobacco use in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing rapidly as a result of strong economic growth and the aggressive marketing tactics of tobacco multinationals. Although the policy interventions are well understood, the political economy of tobacco control in Sub-Saharan Africa is not, and this volume is a timely addition to the literature, offering the most comprehensive review of the political economy of tobacco control in Sub-Saharan Africa yet. The attention to detail in the 12 country case studies – representing diverse linguistic, geographic, political, legal and developmental e
The program was conceived to illuminate the factors that will facilitate the reform of major public health policies, particularly, but not limited to, tobacco. This volume utilizes the work initiated and executed under a recent major public health initiative, the African Tobacco Situational Analyses (ATSA), which was sponsored by the Canadian government's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) with funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The results, presented in this volume, are an important contribution to the literature on global public health and international development, and comprise the most comprehensive evidence-based analysis of tobacco policy in the African region.
A biased approach with the wrong methodology: a symbol of a missed opportunity There are several problems with Jeffrey Drope's approach of tobacco control in Africa in this book he edited.I think they are somehow all related to the fact this is a commissioned work, paid for by IDRC (that has paid, mostly with Gates Foundation's funds for the writing and the publishing): that creates from t