Democracy in times of pandemic : different futures imagined /

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Imprint:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
©2020
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12412219
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Other authors / contributors:Maduro, Miguel Poiares, editor.
Kahn, Paul W., editor.
ISBN:9781108955690
110895569X
9781108845366
1108845363
Notes:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 12, 2020).
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781108955690
110895569X
9781108845366
1108845363