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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Blaive, Muriel (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2025]
Series:	CEU Press Perspectives
Subjects:	CEU Press. Health and Medicine. Politics and Government. Social and Political Sciences. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy. Surveillance society, biopolitics, science, Covid, censorship, liberal left. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Legal Disclaimer
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
Bibliography
Index