Book contents
- Democracy in Times of Pandemic
- Democracy in Times of Pandemic
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction: A New Beginning
- Part I Power
- Part II Knowledge
- Part III Citizens
- 10 COVID, Europe, and the Self-Asphyxiation of Democracy
- 11 Corona as Chance: Overcoming the Tyranny of Self-Interest
- 12 Reimagined Democracy in Times of Pandemic
- 13 Redefining Vulnerability and State–Society Relationships during the COVID-19 Crisis: The Politics of Social Welfare Funds in India and Italy
- 14 Democracy and the Obligations of Care: A Demos Worthy of Sacrifice
10 - COVID, Europe, and the Self-Asphyxiation of Democracy
from Part III - Citizens
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2020
- Democracy in Times of Pandemic
- Democracy in Times of Pandemic
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction: A New Beginning
- Part I Power
- Part II Knowledge
- Part III Citizens
- 10 COVID, Europe, and the Self-Asphyxiation of Democracy
- 11 Corona as Chance: Overcoming the Tyranny of Self-Interest
- 12 Reimagined Democracy in Times of Pandemic
- 13 Redefining Vulnerability and State–Society Relationships during the COVID-19 Crisis: The Politics of Social Welfare Funds in India and Italy
- 14 Democracy and the Obligations of Care: A Demos Worthy of Sacrifice
Summary
I have no crystal ball with which to assess or predict the long-term impact of COVID on our democracies; long experience has taught me to avoid punditry – I always get it wrong. But the current circumstance has been helpful in highlighting and accentuating longstanding problems of democracy in and of Europe (Member States and the EU itself) which predate the pandemic and are likely to outlive it. And though the focus of this chapter is on Europe, the underlying issues are, I believe, relevant far more widely.
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- Democracy in Times of PandemicDifferent Futures Imagined, pp. 141 - 152Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020