Democracy in Times of Pandemic: Different Futures Imagined (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108845366)

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an important case study, on a global scale, of how democracy works - and fails to work - today. From leadership to citizenship, from due process to checks and balances, from globalization to misinformation, from solidarity within and across borders to the role of expertise, key democratic concepts both old and new are now being put to the test. The future of democracy around the world is at issue as today's governments manage their responses to the pandemic. Bringing together some of today's most creative thinkers, these essays offer a variety of inquiries into democracy during the global pandemic with a view to imagining post-crisis political conditions. Representing different regions and disciplines, including law, politics, philosophy, religion, and sociology, eighteen voices offer different outlooks - optimistic and pessimistic - on the future.

Author: Miguel Poiares Maduro
ISBN-10: 1108845363
ISBN-13: 9781108845366
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/12/2020
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d