Pandemia and social control: Health narratives in the configuration of police forces in Ecuador and Chile

The COVID-19 pandemic positioned issues of social control in the center of a high-stakes debate, which has been coined the health leviathan. In an historical sense, this idea is not modern. Rather, it responds to old dynamics with diverse rationalities that have shaped institutional policies in the...

• Main Author: Pontón-Cevallos, Daniel (author)
• Other Authors: Rivas-Herrera, Patricio (author)
• Format: article
• Language: spa
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: control social; Gobierno; leviatán; pandemia; Policía; sanidad; social control; government; leviathan; pandemic; police; health; controle social; Governo; leviatã; Polícia; saúde
• Online Access: https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/6190