Introduction: why a Sociology of Pandemics?
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- 20 December 2012
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Sociology of Health & Illness
- Vol. 35 (2), 167-173
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12019
Abstract
Infectious disease has re-emerged as a public health threat in an increasingly globalised era, adding trans-national actors to traditional national and local government actors. This special issue showcases new sociological work in response to this challenge. The contributors have investigated the social construction of new and re-emerging diseases; the development of surveillance systems, public health governance; the impact of scientific/technical modalities on uncertainty and risk, the interplay of infectious disease, public health and national security concerns, and public and media responses. The case studies range broadly across North America, Europe and Asia and define new agendas for medical sociologists and public health policymakers.Keywords
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