Securitisation of Covid-19 pandemic

Policy measures in India and implications for health governance

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ID3630007
AuthorsN D Vivek (0000-0002-9618-7927, University of Hyderabad), Namrata Vivek (University of Hyderabad, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume34
Issue2
Pages138-151
Publication date2025-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Sociology Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14461242.2024.2372026
PMID39001599
OpenAlexW4400609666
LanguageEN
References cited21

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, states throughout India, headed by the Centre, backed punitive policy actions that took precedence over democratic norms. Securitisation measures implemented by the government resulted in harsh restrictions on citizens' daily lives, the imprisonment of journalists reporting the pandemic and its management by authorities, and substantial invasions of people's privacy through the deployment of intrusive digital technology. These problems are investigated by looking at how the COVID-19 pandemic functioned as justification for authorities to violate democratic procedures as a consequence of the pandemic itself being characterised as a state of exception necessitating such ostensible measures. It is also demonstrated how securitisation as a means to monitor health, and health as a reason for greater securitisation, came to the fore in state responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

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