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Policy responses: Social work in a pandemic panopticon

Håvard Aaslund
- 04 Mar 2021 - 
- Vol. 20, pp 320-322
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In this article, the authors discuss the strict measures taken in response to Covid-19 initially seemed to have popular support among the population in countries and discuss policies of social distancing, lockdowns and control have been met with public acceptance and informal policing has occurred through moral rhetoric.
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The article discusses the strict measures taken in response to Covid-19 initially seemed to have popular support among the population in countries Topics include policies of social distancing, lockdowns and control have been met with public acceptance and informal policing has occurred through moral rhetoric;and global national responses to the pandemic have not been uniform

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