The politics of vaccination a global history
Mass vaccination campaigns are political projects that presume to protect individuals, communities, and societies. Like other pervasive expressions of state power - taxing, policing, conscripting - mass vaccination arouses anxiety in some people but sentiments of civic duty and shared solidarity in...
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| Formato: | Capítulo de libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester, UK :
Manchester University Press
2017.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Social histories of medicine.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429952306719 |
| Sumario: | Mass vaccination campaigns are political projects that presume to protect individuals, communities, and societies. Like other pervasive expressions of state power - taxing, policing, conscripting - mass vaccination arouses anxiety in some people but sentiments of civic duty and shared solidarity in others. This collection of essays gives a comparative overview of vaccination at different times, in widely different places and under different types of political regime. Core themes in the chapters include immunisation as an element of state formation; citizens' articulation of seeing (or not seeing) their needs incorporated into public health practice; allegations that donors of development aid have too much influence on third-world health policies; and an ideological shift that regards vaccines more as profitable commodities than as essential tools of public health. Above all the essays suggest immunisation offers a novel lens through which to view changes in concepts of 'society' and 'nation' over time. |
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| Notas: | Previously issued in print: 2017. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 343 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) Also available in print form |
| Público: | Students, researchers and teachers in global health. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781526124272 9781526110916 |
