Pandemic Power

Muriel Blaive

Pandemic Power

The Covid Response and the Erosion of Democracy - A Liberal Critique

Pandemic Power is a thought-provoking exploration of how the response to the Covid pandemic has undermined our understanding of science, freedom, and democracy. It delivers a searing critique of policies and narratives that have, in fact, fueled the rise of the extreme right in many countries.
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Author

Muriel Blaive

Muriel Blaive, Ph.D., is a socio-political historian of postwar, communist, and post-communist Central Europe, in particular of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, with a specialization in oral history and everyday life history.
Title
Pandemic Power
Subtitle
The Covid Response and the Erosion of Democracy - A Liberal Critique
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Price
€ 15,95 excl. VAT
ISBN
9789633869338
Format
Paperback
Number of pages
204
Language
English
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Dimensions
13.5 x 21 cm
Series
CEU Press Perspectives
Categories
Health and Medicine
Politics and Government
Discipline
Social and Political Sciences
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Table of Contents
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List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction - The Covid Response and the Erosion of Democracy
Chapter 1 - Laying the Groundwork for “Digital Authoritarianism”: Social Compliance and the Normalization of Fear
Chapter 2 - Collateral Damage, Censorship, and Hubris: The Practical Reality of the Lockdown
Chapter 3 - The Instrumentalization of Science and Expertise during Covid
Chapter 4 - A Reckoning about the Covid Measures Is Necessary and Urgent
Conclusion - Disquieting Echoes of History, or Covid and the Liberal Left
Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index