Legitimacy and global governance in managing global public health [Elektronische Ressource] / Carmen Huckel Schneider

Carmen Huckel Schneider Legitimacy and Global Governance in Managing Global Public Health Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktor der Sozialwissenschaften In der Fakultät Für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften Der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 2009 ii Gedruckt mit Genehmigung der Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften der Universität Tübingen Hauptberichterstatter: Prof. Volker Rittberger, Ph.D. Mitberichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Martin Nettesheim Dekan: Prof. Dr. Ansgar Thiel Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 12.02.2009 iii iv Abstract This dissertation is concerned with health governance on the global level, where over the past fifteen years a number of new organisations have emerged that address major global public health issues. Three examples are the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, (GFATM), the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI Alliance), and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), each of which are examined in depth in the dissertation. These organisations differ significantly from intergovernmental organisations such as the WHO and can be classified as organisations of ‗global governance‘. Two basic observations provide the motivation for study.