{"product_id":"pandemocracy-in-europe-matthias-c-kettemann-9781509946365","title":"Pandemocracy in Europe: Power, Parliaments and People in Times of COVID-19","description":"This open access book explains why a democratic reckoning will start when European societies win the fight against COVID-19.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave democracies successfully mastered the challenges of the pandemic? How has the coronavirus impacted democratic principles, processes and values? At the heels of the worst public health crisis in living memory, this book shines an unforgiving light on the side-lining of parliaments, the ruling by governmental decrees and the disenfranchisement of the people in the name of fighting COVID-19.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePandemocracy in Europe\u003c\/i\u003e situates the dramatic impact of COVID-19, and the fight against the virus, on Europe's democracies. Throughout its 17 contributions the book sets the theoretical stage and answers the democratic questions engaged by health emergencies. Seven national case studies - UK, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Switzerland, and France - show, each time with a pronounced focus on a particular element of democracy, how different states reacted to the pandemic. The book also shifts the analytical gaze beyond the nation state towards international settings, looking at the effects on the European Union and considering the impact on populist movements. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBridging disciplines and uniting a stellar cast of scholars on democracy, rule of law and constitutionalism, the book provides contours and nuances to a year of debates in political science, international relations and law on the impact of the virus on democracies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn times of uncertainty, \u003ci\u003ePandemocracy in Europe\u003c\/i\u003e provides analysis and answers to the democratic challenges of the coronavirus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe open access edition of this book is available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthias C. Kettemann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509946365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509946365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"Matthias C. Kettemann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987600900351,"sku":"9781509946365","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b102876-2318-4955-a5ec-4279929e2239.jpg?v=1683289956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pandemocracy-in-europe-matthias-c-kettemann-9781509946365","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}