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Governing human lives and health in pandemic times : social control policies / edited by Matilda Hellman, Tom Kettunen, Saara Salmivaara and Janne Stoneham.

Contributor(s): Hellman, Matilda [editor.] | Kettunen, Tom [editor.] | Salmivaara, Saara [editor.] | Stoneham, Janne [editor.]Series: Routledge advances in sociology: 334.Publisher: Abingdon : Routledge, 2022Description: xiv, 253 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781032147970; 9781032147987Subject(s): Social control -- Cross-cultural studies | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 303.33 Summary: "Governing Human Lives and Health in Pandemic Times looks into the instruments and the type of reasoning involved when large-scale social control strategies were implemented worldwide in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The repertoires of institutional and administrative governance tools used during the pandemic are studied in their unique institutional, socio-geographic, and cultural settings, in order to form an understanding of the political climates and the values inscribed in current societal contracts. The book is intended for academic audiences interested in policy research, health governance, and civil societal issues. It will be of great relevance and use for a wide audience of policymakers, public officials, and health care planners as well as students in a broad range of disciplines."-- Provided by publisher.
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"Governing Human Lives and Health in Pandemic Times looks into the instruments and the type of reasoning involved when large-scale social control strategies were implemented worldwide in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The repertoires of institutional and administrative governance tools used during the pandemic are studied in their unique institutional, socio-geographic, and cultural settings, in order to form an understanding of the political climates and the values inscribed in current societal contracts. The book is intended for academic audiences interested in policy research, health governance, and civil societal issues. It will be of great relevance and use for a wide audience of policymakers, public officials, and health care planners as well as students in a broad range of disciplines."-- Provided by publisher.

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