Editorial: Whither globalization and health in an era of geopolitical uncertainty?
Abstract Globalization has been declared dead or dying for many years, although recently, the number of voices declaring it ‘over’ has swelled [1]. As editors of a journal interrogating how globalization affects health, we confront the question: Have the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s war against Ukrai...
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| description | Abstract Globalization has been declared dead or dying for many years, although recently, the number of voices declaring it ‘over’ has swelled [1]. As editors of a journal interrogating how globalization affects health, we confront the question: Have the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s war against Ukraine, a breakdown in multilateralism, and the risk of a return to the stagflation of the 1970s finally sounded a death knell for the research and scholarship we have been publishing in the journal’s 20-year history? We think not and argue below why, in our post-pandemic fractured and fractious era, it is vitally important to retain a focus on this messy construct short-handed as ‘globalization.’ |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dead089efe8542d895339c8c3a662cdb2022-12-22T04:37:04ZengBMCGlobalization and Health1744-86032022-10-011811410.1186/s12992-022-00881-xEditorial: Whither globalization and health in an era of geopolitical uncertainty?Ronald Labonté0Greg Martin1Katerini T. Storeng2University of OttawaHealth Protection Surveillance CentreCentre for Development and the Environment, University of OsloAbstract Globalization has been declared dead or dying for many years, although recently, the number of voices declaring it ‘over’ has swelled [1]. As editors of a journal interrogating how globalization affects health, we confront the question: Have the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s war against Ukraine, a breakdown in multilateralism, and the risk of a return to the stagflation of the 1970s finally sounded a death knell for the research and scholarship we have been publishing in the journal’s 20-year history? We think not and argue below why, in our post-pandemic fractured and fractious era, it is vitally important to retain a focus on this messy construct short-handed as ‘globalization.’https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-022-00881-xGlobalizationCOVID-19NeoliberalismSustainable development goalsGovernanceClimate Change |
| spellingShingle | Ronald Labonté Greg Martin Katerini T. Storeng Editorial: Whither globalization and health in an era of geopolitical uncertainty? Globalization and Health Globalization COVID-19 Neoliberalism Sustainable development goals Governance Climate Change |
| title | Editorial: Whither globalization and health in an era of geopolitical uncertainty? |
| title_full | Editorial: Whither globalization and health in an era of geopolitical uncertainty? |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Editorial: Whither globalization and health in an era of geopolitical uncertainty? |
| title_short | Editorial: Whither globalization and health in an era of geopolitical uncertainty? |
| title_sort | editorial whither globalization and health in an era of geopolitical uncertainty |
| topic | Globalization COVID-19 Neoliberalism Sustainable development goals Governance Climate Change |
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