Fighting Decline: A Geopolitical History of European Public Health (1945–1960s)

IF 0.8 2区历史学 Q1 HISTORY

Contemporary European History Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI:10.1017/s0960777324000018

Paul-Arthur Tortosa

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Abstract

This article proposes a global history of the development of European cooperation in the field of public health from 1945 to the 1960s. It examines the way in which the idea of the decline of Europe fuelled the development of regional cooperation in the public health field. The institutional form and central themes of this cooperation are results of an effort by Western European powers, especially France, to fight their own decline in the face of the threats of decolonisation and of the rise of the US and Soviet superpowers. Geopolitics as well as international institutional competition explains why the Council of Europe decided to focus on ‘lifestyle diseases’ at a time when the WHO was primarily conducting campaigns to eradicate infectious diseases in developing countries.

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对抗衰落：欧洲公共卫生地缘政治史（1945-1960 年代）

本文提出了 1945 年至 20 世纪 60 年代欧洲公共卫生领域合作发展的全球历史。文章探讨了欧洲衰落的观念如何推动了公共卫生领域区域合作的发展。这种合作的制度形式和核心主题是西欧强国（尤其是法国）在面对非殖民化和美苏超级大国崛起的威胁时努力对抗自身衰落的结果。地缘政治和国际机构竞争解释了为什么欧洲委员会决定关注 "生活方式疾病"，而当时世界卫生组织主要在发展中国家开展消灭传染病的运动。

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期刊介绍： Contemporary European History covers the history of Eastern and Western Europe, including the United Kingdom, from 1918 to the present. By combining a wide geographical compass with a relatively short time span, the journal achieves both range and depth in its coverage. It is open to all forms of historical inquiry - including cultural, economic, international, political and social approaches - and welcomes comparative analysis. One issue per year explores a broad theme under the guidance of a guest editor. The journal regularly features contributions from scholars outside the Anglophone community and acts as a channel of communication between European historians throughout the continent and beyond it.