College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Pandemic Politics: Studying the Social and Political Context of COVID-19
Module POL2163 for 2020/1
Module POL2163 for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL2163: Pandemic Politics: Studying the Social and Political Context of COVID-19
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Books:
- And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic,’ by Randy Shilts
- ‘The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic — and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World,’ by Steven Johnson
- ‘The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus,’ by Richard Preston
- ‘Flu: The Story Of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It,’ by Gina Kolata
- ‘Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82,’ by Elizabeth A. Fenn
- The Coming Plague - Laurie Garret
- Articles (for example):
- Kamradt-Scott, Adam, and Colin McInnes. "The securitisation of pandemic influenza: framing, security and public policy." Global Public Health 7, no. sup2 (2012): S95-S110.
- Adolph, Christopher, Kenya Amano, Bree Bang-Jensen, Nancy Fullman, and John Wilkerson. "Pandemic politics: Timing state-level social distancing responses to COVID-19." medRxiv (2020