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Contagion, Technology, and Law at the Limits
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Description
They examine how these governments used law and other technologies, including waste management, mask-wearing, quarantine stations, house inspections, and the burning of entire neighbourhoods, to achieve their aims of protecting populations and ensuring productivity.
Although the studies recognise the power of the state, they simultaneously emphasise the active roles of technologies and creatures, drawing attention to the often-taken-for-granted workings of the non-human in public health governance. They also consider the implications of strategies of control on marginalised communities and democratic politics. Collectively, the studies in this book bring attention to the connections between COVID-19 responses by governments and their historical antecedents, shedding light on the role of capitalism, colonialism, and geopolitics in circulating contagions and the strategies used to control them.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
226
Release Date:
2025-10-09
Publication Date:
2025-10-09
Publisher:
Hart Publishing
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1509970746
ISBN13:
9781509970742
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
351 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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