VACCINE ANXIETIES GLOBAL SCIENCE CHILD HEALTH AND SOCIETY

THIS BOOK EXPLORES HOW PARENTS UNDERSTAND AND ENGAGE WITH CHILDHOOD VACCINATION IN CONTRASTING GLOBAL CONTEXTS. THIS RAPIDLY ADVANCING AND UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY HAS SPARKED DRAMATIC CONTROVERSY, WHETHER OVER MMR IN THE UK OR ORAL POLIO VACCINES IN NIGERIA. COMBINING A FRESH ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE WITH DETAILED FIELD RESEARCH, THIS BOOK EXAMINES ANXIETIES EMERGING AS HIGHLY GLOBALIZED VACCINE TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNOCRACIES THAT ENCOUNTER THE DEEPLY INTIMATE PERSONAL AND SOCIAL WORLDS OF PARENTING AND CHILDCARE, AND HOW THESE ARE PART OF TRANSFORMING SCIENCE-SOCIETY RELATIONS. THIS TITLE RETHEORIZES ANXIETIES ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES, INTEGRATING BODILY, SOCIAL AND WIDER POLITICAL DIMENSIONS, AND CHALLENGES COMMON VIEWS OF IGNORANCE, RISK, TRUST AND RUMOUR - AND RELATED DICHOTOMIES BETWEEN NORTHERN 'RISK SOCIETY' AND SOUTHERN 'DEVELOPING SOCIETY' - THAT DOMINATE CURRENT SCIENTIFIC AND POLICY DEBATES. IN SO DOING, THIS BOOK REFLECTS CRITICALLY ON THE STEREOTYPES THAT AT TIMES PASS FOR 'EXPL