6 – Pandemic geopolitics Flashcards
How did borders act as a geopolitical tool during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Borders became a vital geopolitical tool as a barrier that creates safety for New Zealand and its citizens - the state is a paramount, sovereign entity with unimpeachable territories surrounded by impenetrable borders
How did bubbles act as a geopolitical agents during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand?
17% of the population identify as Maori and are 6 more likely to die early than other groups due to COVID risk factors(also living memories of devastation from Spanish Flu in 1918)
Therefore, Iwi-led checpoints protected family and the elderly by preventing people from entering their areas for any reason
Describe geopolitics of kindness and care and how this was seen in the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
The COVID-19 pandemic reveals how processes of the state can be about care and kindness - ‘Be kind’(Ardern, 2020) - a step towards repairing the broken relationship with the state and politics
Describe the geopolitics of control established during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
Many people felt that their personal liberties had been violated, and therefore, this created a deep mistrust of governmental bodies within a certain subsect of the population - many New Zealanders feel that the coutnry is more divided than it was before the pandemic
