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Trouble with social cohesion: The geographies and politics of COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand

Lewis, Nicolas; Morgan, John; (2021) Trouble with social cohesion: The geographies and politics of COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Geographer , 77 (3) pp. 170-173. 10.1111/nzg.12314. Green open access

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Abstract

In September 2020, the Centre for Informed Futures (Koi Tū) attributed the success of New Zealand's response to the great lockdown of March 2020 as a triumph of social cohesiveness. In this commentary we examine the use of terms such as ‘society’, ‘resilience’, ‘nation’ and ‘social cohesion’ in the light of the spread of the Delta variant, and the importance of geography and politics. We conclude that there is a need for a critical engagement with widely touted ideas of social cohesion.

Type: Article
Title: Trouble with social cohesion: The geographies and politics of COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/nzg.12314
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/nzg.12314
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
Keywords: Social Sciences, Geography, COVID-19, geography, politics of knowledge production, social cohesion
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10143441
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