ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|64 pages
Communicating a pandemic
chapter Chapter 1|18 pages
The role of the Italian press in times of pandemics
chapter Chapter 2|18 pages
Re-vitalising discourses of solidarity
part II|35 pages
Autonomy, rights, and choice
chapter Chapter 4|18 pages
A battle over birth
chapter Chapter 5|15 pages
Stuck between health-related and socioeconomic risks. Managing the pandemic in India
part III|49 pages
Political and ideological struggles
chapter Chapter 7|21 pages
When counting counts
part IV|64 pages
Framing control policy options
part V|20 pages
Summary and conclusions