Securitizing Zika
The case of Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12301488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clare Wenham (0000-0001-5378-3203, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author), Deborah Barros Leal Farias (0000-0003-2994-047X, UNSW Sydney), Déborah BL Farias (UNSW Sydney) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 398-415 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Security Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-0106 • E-ISSN: 1460-3640 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0967010619856458 |
| OpenAlex | W2939147477 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 74 |
Brazil’s Zika virus crisis (2015–17), following hot on the heels of the Ebola outbreak (2014–15), dominated newsfeeds and high-level discussions amid governments, the UN system and beyond, with emerging fears relating to Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS), embodied by microcephaly. However, beyond the ensuing panic in Latin America facing a generation of Zika babies, the outbreak demonstrates key developments in our understanding of the interaction between health and security, based on the Copenhagen School’s securitization approach. It suggests that unlike previous diseases that were securitized, it was not the virus that was the cause of the security threat, nor how many people were affected, but a combined concern over where (in Brazil at a time of domestic political crisis), when (immediately post-Ebola), who (foetuses and babies), how (unknown disease characteristics) and what was the existential threat (the vectorized unknown). This article shows these developments for global health security through empirical analysis of the multiple securitization processes that occurred within Brazil for the Zika virus, at the subnational and federal levels
Business · Criminology · Development economics · Ebola virus · Economic growth · Economics · Financial system · Latin Americans · Microcephaly · Outbreak · Political science · Psychiatry · Securitization · Sociology · Virus · Zika virus · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |