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  • Pandemics are imbued with the politics of bordering For centuries, border closures and restrictions on foreign travelers have been the most persistent and pervasive means by which states have responded to global health crises The ubiquity of these policies is not driven by any clear scientific consensus about their utility in the face of myriad pandemic threats Instead, we show they are influenced by public opinion and preexisting commitments to invest in the symbols and structures of state efforts to control their borders, a concept we call border orientation Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, border orientation was already generally on the rise worldwide This trend has made it convenient for governments to \'contain\'the virus by externalizing it, rather than taking costly but ultimately more effective domestic mitigation measures We argue that the pervasive use of external border controls in the face of the coronavirus reflects growing anxieties about border security in the modern international system To a great extent, fears relating to border security have become a resource in domestic politics- A finding that does not bode well for designing and implementing effective public health policy Copyright © The IO Foundation 2020
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  • International_Organization
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  • WHO
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  • Pandemic Response as Border Politics
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  • #912830
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  • 2020

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