Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus

Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus
Title Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus PDF eBook
Author Danielle Allen
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 134
Release 2022-02-16
Genre Medical
ISBN 0226815625

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Democracy in crisis -- Pandemic resilience -- Federalism is an asset -- A transformed peace: an agenda for healing our social contract.

The Case for Democracy in the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Case for Democracy in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Title The Case for Democracy in the COVID-19 Pandemic PDF eBook
Author David Seedhouse
Publisher SAGE
Pages 189
Release 2020-09-14
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1529752051

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David Seedhouse highlights the alarming irrelevance of inclusive democracy in the governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, asking why decision-makers so readily ignored centuries of hard-won civil freedoms? Why were we so easily controlled and why were our controllers so willing to do it? Before suggesting that this flawed governmental response is the perfect argument for an extensive, participatory democracy.

Coronavirus Politics

Coronavirus Politics
Title Coronavirus Politics PDF eBook
Author Scott L Greer
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Pages 416
Release 2021-04-19
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0472902466

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COVID-19 is the most significant global crisis of any of our lifetimes. The numbers have been stupefying, whether of infection and mortality, the scale of public health measures, or the economic consequences of shutdown. Coronavirus Politics identifies key threads in the global comparative discussion that continue to shed light on COVID-19 and shape debates about what it means for scholarship in health and comparative politics. Editors Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J. King, Elize Massard da Fonseca, and André Peralta-Santos bring together over 30 authors versed in politics and the health issues in order to understand the health policy decisions, the public health interventions, the social policy decisions, their interactions, and the reasons. The book’s coverage is global, with a wide range of key and exemplary countries, and contains a mixture of comparative, thematic, and templated country studies. All go beyond reporting and monitoring to develop explanations that draw on the authors' expertise while engaging in structured conversations across the book.

The Covid Consensus

The Covid Consensus
Title The Covid Consensus PDF eBook
Author Toby Green
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 170
Release 2021-12-01
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1787386155

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Since the onset of the pandemic, progressive opinion has been clear that hard lockdowns are the best way to preserve life, while only irresponsible and destructive conservatives like Trump and Bolsonaro oppose them. But why should liberals favor lockdowns, when all the social science research shows that those who suffer most are the economically disadvantaged, without access to good internet or jobs that can be done remotely; that the young will pay the price of the pandemic in future taxes, job prospects, and erosion of public services, when they are already disadvantaged in comparison in terms of pension prospects, paying university fees, and state benefits; and that Covid's impact on the Global South is catastrophic, with the UN predicting potentially tens of millions of deaths from hunger and declaring that decades of work in health and education is being reversed. Toby Green analyses the contradictions emerging through this response as part of a broader crisis in Western thought, where conservative thought is also riven by contradictions, with lockdown policies creating just the sort of big state that it abhors. These contradictions mirror underlying irreconcilable beliefs in society that are now bursting into the open, with devastating consequences for the global poor.

Checks in the Balance

Checks in the Balance
Title Checks in the Balance PDF eBook
Author Alexander Bolton
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 256
Release 2021-12-14
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0691224617

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Executive power in the shadow of legislative capacity -- Legislative capacity, executive action, and separation of powers -- 'Outmanned and outgunned' : the historical development of congressional capacity -- Pulling the purse strings : legislative capacity and discretion -- Continuous watchfulness? legislative capacity and oversight -- Presidential unilateral policy making -- Unilateral policy making in the U.S. states -- The future of legislative capacity.

Emergency Powers in a Time of Pandemic

Emergency Powers in a Time of Pandemic
Title Emergency Powers in a Time of Pandemic PDF eBook
Author Greene, Alan
Publisher Bristol University Press
Pages 182
Release 2020-10-29
Genre Law
ISBN 1529215412

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How do we maintain core values and rights when governments impose restrictive measures on our lives? Declaring a state of emergency is the best way to protect public health in a pandemic but how do these powers differ from those for national security and economic crises? This book explores how human rights, democracy and the rule of law can be protected during a pandemic and how emergency powers can best be ended once it wanes. Written by an expert on constitutional law and human rights, this accessible book will shape how governments, opposition, courts and society as a whole view future pandemic emergency powers.

Democracy in Times of Pandemic

Democracy in Times of Pandemic
Title Democracy in Times of Pandemic PDF eBook
Author Miguel Poiares Maduro
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 219
Release 2020-11-12
Genre History
ISBN 1108845363

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Examines the most important democratic challenges of today, using the Covid-19 pandemic as a case study.