The Politics of Pandemics

The outbreak of Covid-19 prompted the greatest political intervention in our lifetime. Governments around the world introduced measures that shattered our private life, brought economic life to a virtual standstill, and threw into question the value of international organizations. The article first...

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Published inGlobal perspectives (Oakland, Calif.) Vol. 1; no. 1
Main Author Zielonka, Jan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles University of California Press, Journals & Digital Publishing Division 02.09.2020
Subjects
Censorship
Climate change
Common good
Conspiracy
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Democracy
Equilibrium
International organizations
Intervention
Pandemics
Politics
Poverty
Unemployment
Viruses
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ISSN2575-7350
2575-7350
DOI10.1525/gp.2020.16702

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Summary:The outbreak of Covid-19 prompted the greatest political intervention in our lifetime. Governments around the world introduced measures that shattered our private life, brought economic life to a virtual standstill, and threw into question the value of international organizations. The article first shows how the political interventions undertaken throughout 2020 have crushed long standing equilibria on such fundamental issues as the notion of a common good, the limits of individual freedom, or the relationship between the state and markets. It then analyses the battle of power and minds between the main political protagonists. The following section scrutinizes the policies applied by these actors, and their implications for democracy. The final section tries to envisage a democratic politics suitable for the world of viruses, super-bugs, climate change, poverty and hyper-connectivity.
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ISSN:2575-7350
2575-7350
DOI:10.1525/gp.2020.16702