Many democracies find it difficult to act swiftly on problems such as climate change and
biodiversity loss. This is reflected in long-standing debates in research and policy about …

A series of aggressive restrictive measures were adopted around the world in 2020–2022 to
attempt to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from spreading. However, it has become increasingly clear …

The COVID-19 Crisis; Social Perspectives; First Edition Page 1 THE COVID-19 CRISIS Since
its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has affected every part of the world. Well …

ABSTRACT Is Covid-19 undermining European democracies? Recent scholarship
overlooks the fact that most pandemic-related erosions of democracy can be attributed to …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how a systemic view of democracy can
provide insights into the myriad ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic affects democracies …

Drawing from interpretive, namely discursive-performative approaches to both institutional
and grassroots (populist) politics, this article explores political performances and counter …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book provides insights into the social dimensions of Coronavirus …

COVID-19 has been a transformational crisis, uprooting everyday lives and causing some of
the most significant health, social, and economic challenges in recent memory. Similarly …

We take the demand-side perspective of Sputnik V, trying to answer why facing vaccine
scarcity, some countries opt for Sputnik V, and others do not. To show how the pandemic …

This paper contributes to the contemporary discussion about the political consequences of
the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The goal of the text is to identify and analyze the neo …