I was on a research sabbatical in Pakistan during January–February and April–June 2020, which was a period that saw the significant spread of coronavirus in the country. Originally planning to do my ethnographic fieldwork on village governance in
Milja Kurki
There is much speculation, rightly, about the future of liberal democracies, and democracy as such, in the context of the emergence of the coronavirus challenge. Are liberal democracies able to take effective action in the face of such a crisis
In Democratic Theory
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Coronavirus with “Nobody in Charge”
An open reflection on leadership, solidarity, and contemporary regional integration
Harlan Koff and Carmen Maganda
during the present coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately, this crisis has forced most nation-states to close their borders as a necessary public health measure. Travel restrictions are regrettable but comprehensible. What is less acceptable in our opinion
Protesting in Pandemic Times
COVID-19, Public Health, and Black Lives Matter
Binoy Kampmark
On December 31, 2019, a pathogen outbreak was noted in Wuhan, Hubei Province. It was quickly given the name SARS-CoV-2, a severe acute respiratory syndrome within the coronavirus family ( Lescure et al. 2020 ). On January 24, 2020, the first
“If the coronavirus doesn’t kill us, hunger will”
Regional absenteeism and the Wayuu permanent humanitarian crisis
Claudia Puerta Silva, Esteban Torres Muriel, Roberto Carlos Amaya Epiayú, Alicia Dorado González, Fatima Epieyú, Estefanía Frías Epinayú, Álvaro Ipuana Guariyü, Miguel Ramírez Boscán, and Jakeline Romero Epiayú
Comunidad indígena Wayúu en los municipios de Manaure, Riohacha y Uribia respecto de Colombia . Covid-19 en La Guajira: Ministerio de Salud reporta primer caso de coronavirus en La Guajira . ( 2020 , March 31 ). Caracol Radio . Retrieved from https
Centralized or Decentralized
Which Governance Systems are Having a “Good” Pandemic?
Jennifer Gaskell and Gerry Stoker
central capacity in terms of the ability to implement rapid, decisive action. In the UK, for example, measures designed to mitigate the spread and impacts of the coronavirus were centrally issued on March 3, 2020 when the government unveiled its plan to
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Louise Haagh
.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/germany-covid-19-masterclass-testing-tracing-uk Cockburn , H. 2020 . “ Coronavirus: Matt Hancock admits he couldn't live on statutory sick pay ,” The Independent , March 22 . www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus
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David Owen
to address the coronavirus. Currently, The Lancet reports, “extraordinary steps are now having to be taken to mitigate the unintended effects of the travel restrictions” ( Devi 2020 ). Many of those individuals whose situations do not fit neatly
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Marcos S. Scauso, Garrett FitzGerald, Arlene B. Tickner, Navnita Chadha Behera, Chengxin Pan, Chih-yu Shih, and Kosuke Shimizu
coronavirus itself—as part of a vibrant ecology indicated by many strains of indigenous (and more recently, post-humanist) thought. Several countries, such as Ecuador and Bolivia, have already expanded notions of citizenship to include “nature” as an equal
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American Quarantine
The Right to Housing in a Pandemic
Bonnie Honig
://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/nyregion/coronavirus-nyc-landlord-mario-salerno.html . 4 Alana Semuels, “Renters Are Being Forced From Their Homes Despite Eviction Moratoriums Meant to Protect Them,” (Time Magazine, April 15, 2020 at https://time.com/5820634/evictions-coronavirus
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