Democracy in Times of Pandemic

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-84536-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 465 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maduro, Miguel Poiares

Kahn, Paul W

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialprognosen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: a new beginning Miguel Poiares Maduro and Paul W. Kahn; Part I. Power: 1. The crisis of democratic leadership in a time of crisis Neil Walker; 2. Executive overreach and underreach in the pandemic Kim Scheppele and David Pozen; 3. From political accountability to criminal liability – the strange case of French penal populism Olivier Beaud; 4. Democracy and emergency in Latin America Roberto Gargarella; 5. Apocalyptic Christianity, democracy, and the pandemic Stanley Hauerwas; Part II. Knowledge: 6. The limits of democratic leadership: perfectionism or politics? Michael Ignatieff; 7. The irrelevance of the pandemic Samuel Moyn; 8. Emergency, democracy and public discourse Moshe Halbertal; 9. Understanding, deciding, and learning: the key political challenges in times of pandemic Daniel Innerarity; Part III. Citizens: 10. COVID, Europe and the self-asphyxiation of democracy J. H. H. Weiler; 11. Corona as chance: overcoming the tyranny of self-interest Susan Neiman; 12. Re-imagined democracy in the times of pandemic Kalypso Nicolaides; 13. Redefining vulnerability and state-society relationships during the Covid-19 crisis: the politics of social welfare funds in India and Italy Deval Desai, Shalini Randeria and Christine Lutringer; 14. Democracy and the obligations of care: a demos worthy of sacrifice Paul W. Kahn.

Über Autor(innen)

Maduro, Miguel Poiares
Miguel Poiares Maduro was the founding Director of the School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute in Florence where he is currently a Professor. He has been Advocate General at the European Court of Justice and a Government Minister in Portugal.

Kahn, Paul W
Paul W. Kahn is Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities, and Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School. He is the author of a dozen books in law, political theory, and moral philosophy. His most recent book was The Origins of Order (2019).