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The ‘Pacific way’ of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Sue Farran, Professor Rhona Smith

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Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has required those that are most vulnerable to protect themselves as best they can. This includes vulnerable states, among which are the island states of the Pacific, where resources to fight the pandemic are severely limited. Recognising the need to act quickly Pacific island states closed borders, restricted travel and implemented ostensibly draconian measures. Examining some of these measures in the context of the countries in which they were applied and the extent to which the curtailment of human rights was justified and accepted by those who were subject to these restrictions, we focus on four strengths of these states: faith, capacity, collaboration and community.

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Author(s): Farran S, Smith R

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Studies

Year: 2021

Volume: 110

Issue: 2

Pages: 217-231

Online publication date: 30/04/2021

Acceptance date: 08/12/2020

Date deposited: 08/12/2020

ISSN (print): 0035-8533

ISSN (electronic): 1474-029X

Publisher: Taylor Francis

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2021.1904593

DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2021.1904593

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