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“Till Corona Sets Us Apart”: Emerging Vaccination Risks among Serbian Parents in the Netherlands

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  • Brujić Marija

    (Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

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In developed European Union (EU) countries, migrants are thought to be less likely to have their children fully vaccinated. To investigate this idea, this study examines parental perceptions of child vaccination during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is based on semi-structured interviews with 42 Serbian migrants in the Netherlands, conducted in the summer of 2020. The aim was to determine if the pandemic changed these parents’ attitudes towards the Dutch healthcare system and vaccination in general. The paper’s theoretical framework juxtaposes a “risk society” approach with a governmentality approach. The majority of the parents surveyed had had their children vaccinated according to the Dutch national vaccination programme. However, the study shows that many Serbian migrants had negative attitudes towards the then forthcoming SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. I therefore conclude that new vaccines, such as the Covid-19 vaccine, act as risk technologies which create a new “risk environment” rather than being perceived as preventive health measures.

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  • Brujić Marija, 2024. "“Till Corona Sets Us Apart”: Emerging Vaccination Risks among Serbian Parents in the Netherlands," Comparative Southeast European Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 72(1), pages 83-103, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:soeuro:v:72:y:2024:i:1:p:83-103:n:5
    DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2023-0014
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