Overview
- Considers the pandemic through the perspective of International Political Theory
- Examines the ‘Chinese model' in response to COVID-19
- Offers a unique contribution to the scholarship of emergency
Part of the book series: International Political Theory (IPoT)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The COVID-19 pandemic is an international event whose impact has been acutely felt by almost everyone across the globe. Indeed, currently reading this, it is highly unlikely that your own life has not been significantly impacted by COVID-19.
This book offers one of the first analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact from the perspective of International Political Theory. It promises normative interpretation and analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic and to map potential political orders that may emerge in the post-pandemic world. It seeks to give initial insight into how the shockwaves from this event will impact upon our political and international norms.
The book focuses on the normative questions of: can emergency powers be used to preserve society from the virus without necessitating a transition to more authoritarian political norms? Will COVID-19 prove a catalyst for Chinese Socialism to challenge, and potentially usurp, liberalism as the dominant international political norm? What changes to liberalism ought to be made as a result of the pandemic? What direction should liberalism take in the post-pandemic world?
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-- Anthony F Lang, Chair in International Political Theory, University of St Andrews, UK”
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ruairidh J Brown is Head of International Relations and Political Science at Forward College, Portugal. He is currently based at Forward’s Lisbon Campus, where he teaches International Political Thought and International Relations.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: COVID-19 and International Political Theory
Book Subtitle: Assessing the Potential for Normative Shift
Authors: Ruairidh Brown
Series Title: International Political Theory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91952-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91951-1Published: 15 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-91952-8Published: 14 February 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-6039
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6047
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 145
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, International Relations Theory, Asian Politics, Political Science