Pandemics, Politics and Society. Critical Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis 

In the framework of the launch of the book Pandemics, Politics and Society. Critical perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis*, a conference with leading social and political scientists, professors and researchers from universities worldwide.
Chair: Henri Bergeron, Research director CNRS, affiliated to Sciences Po Centre for the Sociology of Organisations and director of the Sciences Po LIEPP’s Health Policies Research Group.
Introducing the book: Gerard Delanty, Editor, Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought at the University of Sussex.
The conference will be organised into 3 roundtables:

• Technocracy vs democracy and the data-driven pandemic
• Globalization, modernity and pandemics
• Socio-economic implications of the pandemic

See detailed programme with all the panelists
About the book: Pandemics, Society and Politics: Critical Reflections on the Pandemic. Edited by Gerard Delanty. Berlin: De Grutyer
This volume is an important contribution to our understanding of global pandemics in general and Covid-19 in particular. It brings together the reflections of leading social and political scientists who are interested in the implications and significance of the current crisis for politics and society. It is a cutting edge and accessible publication with chapters on topics such as the nature and limits of expertise, democratization, emergency government, digitalization, social justice, globalization, capitalist crisis, and the ecological crisis.
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