Vaccine Hesitancy in the Nordic Countries

Bringing together studies from across the Nordic region this book examines the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic with a particular focus on vaccine hesitancy. Shedding light on the political tensions that emerged as a result of the pandemic and the debates that ensued both within and between the Nordic nations it investigates the vociferous discussions surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines and their presumed negative side effects through the lens of trust; trust in and between the neighbouring countries in healthcare systems fellow citizens and experts; in public authorities politicians researchers journalists and pharmaceutical companies. The first volume to explore vaccine hesitancy in the Scandinavian context this ground-breaking volume offers fresh perspectives on vaccine scepticism not as a form of ignorance or lack of knowledge but as a manifestation of a more fundamental lack of faith in modern government and science. As such it will appeal to scholars of sociology politics anthropology media studies communication and cultural studies with interests in public health popular and political discourse and questions of public trust.The Open Access version of this book available at taylorfrancis has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.