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Vaccine Hesitancy in the Nordic Countries : Trust and Distrust During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Borin, Lars ; Hammarlin, Mia-Marie LU orcid ; Kokkinakis, Dimitrios and Miegel, Fredrik LU (2024)
Abstract
Bringing together studies from across the Nordic region, this book examines the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on vaccine hesitancy. Shedding light on the political tensions that emerged as a result of the pandemic and the debates that ensued both within and between the Nordic nations, it investigates the vociferous discussions surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines and their presumed negative side effects through the lens of trust; trust in and between the neighbouring countries, in healthcare systems, fellow citizens, and experts; in public authorities, politicians, researchers, journalists, and pharmaceutical companies. The first volume to explore vaccine hesitancy in the Scandinavian context, this... (More)
Bringing together studies from across the Nordic region, this book examines the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on vaccine hesitancy. Shedding light on the political tensions that emerged as a result of the pandemic and the debates that ensued both within and between the Nordic nations, it investigates the vociferous discussions surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines and their presumed negative side effects through the lens of trust; trust in and between the neighbouring countries, in healthcare systems, fellow citizens, and experts; in public authorities, politicians, researchers, journalists, and pharmaceutical companies. The first volume to explore vaccine hesitancy in the Scandinavian context, this ground-breaking volume offers fresh perspectives on vaccine scepticism not as a form of ignorance or lack of knowledge, but as a manifestation of a more fundamental lack of faith in modern government and science. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, politics, anthropology, media studies, communication and cultural studies with interests in public health, popular and political discourse and questions of public trust. (Less)
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editor
Borin, Lars ; LU orcid ; Kokkinakis, Dimitrios and LU
organization
publishing date
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Book/Report
publication status
published
subject
keywords
COVID-19, pandemic, vaccine, hesitancy
pages
262 pages
publisher
Routledge
ISBN
9781003305859
9781032305998
DOI
10.4324/9781003305859
project
Rumour Mining: Vaccination engagement on the internet
language
English
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yes
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2024-04-19 12:00:14
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2024-04-20 02:55:15
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