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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Other Authors: Holmberg, Christine (Editor), Blume, Stuart (Editor), Greenough, Paul (Editor)
Format: eBook
Published: Manchester Manchester University Press 20170316
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