The book examines the impact of COVID-19 on economic and political processes, contending that the global reaction to the pandemic has been the largest failure in scientific policy in a generation. Unlike earlier crises, it has impacted the world's leading economies while also paralyzing international ties, provoking diverse and far-reaching reactions. The authors posit that no effective global response has been launched in response to this global catastrophe. Rather, governments have implemented a variety of policies based on the costs of virus protection against financial closure and isolation. In doing so, there has been a resurgence in nationalism. This book aims to provide comprehensive understanding of how the pandemic has widened political gaps, and demarcates what the long-term consequences might be in terms of policies and economics in the wake of the pandemic. Of interest to scholars in political geography, development studies, international relations, public administration, and health science, this book presents key observations on existing theories of global politics pivoted around the COVID-19 pandemic, and its ramifications on individuals, groups, and ultimately, the nation state.
Author(s): A K M Ahsan Ullah, Jannatul Ferdous
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 190
Tags: Globalization; Asian Politics; International Relations; Human Migration; Public Health
Preface
Contents
About the Authors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 The Pandemic and Global Politics
Introduction
The Politics of the Origin-Trace
Argument, Objectives and Methods
Political Geography of the Pandemic
Reshaping Democratic Space
A New World Order
Health Regime and Governance
Organization of the Book
Conclusions
References
2 Underlying Conceptual Approach: An Era or a Crisis?
Introduction
The Origin Theory Discourse
The Foundation of Crisis Models
Pandemic Governance and Security Approach
Digital Divide and Growing Disparity
Conclusions
References
3 Politicization of Pandemic and the Ramifications
Introduction
What the History Has to Tell Us
Reshaping Compliance
Cooperation and Compliance
Political Temperature and Responses
Africa
Latin America
Asia
The Migration Domain
The Public Health
Disparity
Gender
Education
Discrimination
Citizen Trust
Politics of Anti-masks and Anti-vaccines
Conclusions
References
4 Pandemic, Predictions and Propagation
Introduction
The Economic Landscape
Politics and Electoral System
Freedom of Expression
Prejudice and Sigma
Security for Women
Citizen Trust
The Future Globalization
The Health Care System
Education and Digitalization
Interdependence
The Gainers and the Losers
Getting Ready for the Future
Reopening Plans
Conclusions
References
5 Choosing to End the Pandemic: Conclusions and Discussion
Introduction
Is everything Going to Change?
Implications for Politics
The Recovery Plans
Is resilience the Only Option?
Let’s Not This Pandemic Go To Waste
References
