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Vaccine nationalism: contested relationships between COVID-19 and globalization.
- Source :
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Globalizations . Apr2022, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p450-465. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This article offers a review of the emergent literature on 'vaccine nationalism' - the act of gaining preferential access to newly developed vaccines by individual countries - in the context of COVID-19, paying close attention to the complex relationships between the global public health crisis and globalization. The coexistence of nationalist and globalist approaches to COVID-19 vaccines suggests simultaneous and contentious processes of globalization and deglobalization; the growing political and economic divide in the world; the lack of (or lag in) our consciousness of global interconnectedness, especially in non-economic spheres; and various structural barriers to global collaboration when facing a common threat to humanity's future. Although these tensions - not necessarily novel - are unlikely to end globalization given the extant intertwining of global economic networks, they have been sharpened and intensified during the pandemic and, thus, constitute a pivotal - or make-or-break - moment for us to critically imagine a postpandemic world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14747731
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Globalizations
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155952854
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2021.1963202