A pandemic is not just a medical emergency – it is also a political, economic, and social crisis. It implies new challenges for democratic institutions and practices, for citizenship rights and human rights as some of the restrictions on civil liberties put in place by liberal and illiberal democracies may well outlive the coronavirus. This special issue explores some tensions and dilemmas of democracies faced with the current crisis. "Politics of the Coronavirus Pandemics" addresses questions like: Can we speak of a decline in politics during the pandemic? While states have been using the full gamut of their sovereign prerogatives, has the political (temporarily) faded in the face of, for example, "expertise"? What will be the lasting impact of the rule by administrative fiat, and of emergency powers put in place in many countries? What kinds of agenda and instruments of civic activism are likely to emerge given that courts are rarely in session and public protest not permitted due to distancing rules? What are the likely consequences of these reconfigurations for democracy, governance, and welfare systems in the global South and North?
Title
Politics of the Coronavirus pandemic
Date
2020
Series
Global Challenges. - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies ; Special Issue 1(2020)
Content Type
Journal Articles
Record Created
2020-07-06
Record ID
298399
Note
Covid-19: A modern apocalypse or a temporary shock to the system? / Dominic Eggel, Christine Lutringer, Marc Galvin ; The vaccine race: will public health prevail over geopolitics? / Suerie Moon ; Institutions under stress: Covid-19, anti-internationalism and the futures of global governance / Nico Krisch ; Covid-19 and even more unconventional economic policies / Nathan Sussman ; Covid-19 and states of emergency / Neus Torbisco Casals ; Pandemic as revelation: what does it tell us about people on the move? / Antonio Donini, Alessandro Monsutti ; Pandemic and political geographies / Michael Goebel ; The Western Flu: the Coronavirus pandemic as a eurocentric crisis / Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou ; A Gendered perspective on the pandemic / Elisabeth Prügl ; A national-liberal virus / Jean-François Bayart ; Depoliticising through expertise: the politics of modelling in the governance of Covid-19 / Annabelle Littoz-Monnet ; The politics of Covid apps / Anna Leander ; Human rights and Covid-19 / Sara (Meg) Davis ; Emergency use of public funds: implications for democratic governance / Deval Desai, Christine Lutringer, Shalini Randeria ; Unequal impacts of Covid-19: political and social consequences / Graziella Moraes Silva ; Covid, hysteresis, and the future of work / Richard Baldwin ; Populism 4.0 and decent digiwork / Maria Mexi