Abstract
Who could have guessed, even one year ago, that America’s postal service would be central to the US Presidential Election? That political party conventions would become online events? Or that protests could be suppressed in the name of biosecurity and protesters could be fined for not wearing face masks?
The COVID-19 pandemic has had myriad unpredictable impacts on democratic institutions around the world.
We need to understand these changes and how they impact the way we think about and enact democracy. But there have been few systematic attempts to examine the implications of the pandemic for democracy, beyond an overly simplistic concern about rising authoritarianism.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had myriad unpredictable impacts on democratic institutions around the world.
We need to understand these changes and how they impact the way we think about and enact democracy. But there have been few systematic attempts to examine the implications of the pandemic for democracy, beyond an overly simplistic concern about rising authoritarianism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1-7 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Specialist publication | Public Seminar |
| Publisher | Public Seminar (New School, New York) |
| Publication status | Published - 29 Oct 2020 |