Joseph, J. Authoritarianism, Governmentality and the COVID-19 Response (2024) Global Society DOI: 10.1080/13600826.2024.2383241 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic raises important questions about biopolitics and governmentality, not least, what are the limitations of governing through not governing too much? Important questions concern the role of the state, citizenship, privacy, and concerns about populist movements and personal freedom. …