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Pandemic Power
The Covid Response and the Erosion of Democracy - A Liberal Critique
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Muriel Blaive
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
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.
Author / Editor information
Contributor: 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.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
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Legal Disclaimer
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Introduction: The Covid Response and the Erosion of Democracy
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Chapter 1: Laying the Groundwork for “Digital Authoritarianism”: Social Compliance and the Normalization of Fear
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Chapter 2: Collateral Damage, Censorship, and Hubris: The Practical Reality of the Lockdown
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Chapter 3: The Instrumentalization of Science and Expertise during Covid
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Chapter 4: A Reckoning about the Covid Measures Is Necessary and Urgent
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Conclusion: Disquieting Echoes of History, or Covid and the Liberal Left
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Postscript
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Bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
April 4, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9789633869345
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Illustrations:
10
eBook ISBN:
9789633869345
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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BY 4.0
