Politics of Prevention in the Periphery: The Initial Response to COVID-19 on Barbuda and Puerto Rico

The islands of Barbuda and Puerto Rico share a history of dispossession and exploitation, occupying a peripheric position in a core–periphery world system. Yet, each island's response to COVID-19, and the subsequent effects of the pandemic, could not be more different. This paper examines how c...

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Main Authors: Sophia Perdikaris, Roberto Abadie, Edith Gonzalez, Emira Ibrahimpašić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Island Studies Journal 2022-05-01
Series:Island Studies Journal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.381