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COVID‐19 and democratic resilience
Author(s) -
Youngs Richard
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
global policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1758-5899
pISSN - 1758-5880
DOI - 10.1111/1758-5899.13137
Subject(s) - democracy , covid-19 , pandemic , political science , resilience (materials science) , politics , psychological resilience , political economy , development economics , sociology , psychology , outbreak , medicine , economics , virology , law , social psychology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , thermodynamics , pathology , physics
The COVID‐19 experience has sharpened debates about democracy's future worldwide. In reflecting on these debates, this paper does three things. First, it assesses how resilient democracy has been in the COVID‐19 emergency. Second, it examines the effect the pandemic has had on the pre‐existing trends in democratic politics. And third, it suggests ways in which the COVID‐19 crisis both requires and possibly opens the door to democratic rejuvenation.