Politics During and After Covid-19: Science, Health and Social Protest

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Papers published in this Special Issue

Lucchini F. and Marzulli M. (2022), “The Scientific Controversy on Covid-19 and the Image of Science as an Expert System: Comparing the Debate in Italy and UK”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):

Pilati F. and Miconi A. (2022), “The “Green Pass” Controversy in the Italian Twittersphere: a Digital Methods Mapping”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):

Campo E., De Toffoli M., Gobo G., and Strata F. (2022), “Early Home Therapies against Covid-19. An Italian Case of Politicisation of Science?”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):

Cervia S., Sawicka M., Sena B., and Serapioni M. (2022), “Looking at Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy through a macro perspective. A comparative study of Italy, Poland and Portugal”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):

Vallerani S. (2022), “From Availability to Accessibility. Vaccination Proximity in a Social Clinic in Palermo”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):

Webb S. (2022), “Understanding the Impact of (Anti-)Racism on Covid-19 Vaccine Allocation Decision-Making”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):

Drazkiewitz E. (2022), “ Virtuosos of Mimesis and Mimicry: a Case Study of Movements Propagating Conspiracy Theories in Ireland and Poland”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):

Lello E., Bertuzzi N., Pedroni M., and Raffini L. (2022), “Vaccine hesitancy and refusal during the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy: Individualistic claims or repoliticization?”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):

Morsello B. and Giardullo P. (2022), “Free choice in the making: Vaccine-related activism as an alternative form of citizenship during the Covid-19 pandemic”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):

della Porta D. and Lavizzari A. (2022), “Waves in Cycle: The protests against anti-contagion measures and vaccination in Covid-19 times in Italy”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):

García Agustín O. and Nissen A. (2022), “The Anti-Restrictions Movement and the Populist Counterpublics in Denmark”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):

Gardini E. (2022), “The technocratic reason in the government of emergency. A theoretical analysis on the management of the Covid-19 epidemic”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):

Stocco, N. (2022), “The Conspiracy Theory/Vaccine Hesitancy nexus as rhetorical boundary work. A critical analysis of the production of scientific ignorance in literature reviews”, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 15(3):