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<p>This article examines the impact of a pandemic on democratic societies. The central research question is the extent to which a pandemic can alter the trajectory of social and ethical democratic development nationally and internationally. Therefore, the article examines contemporary controversies in democratic society in the aftermath of a pandemic. The leading hypothesis is that the pandemic should reinforce the need for social solidarity, but it is unclear what political form this need will take: populism or deliberative/nonconsensual democracy.</p>
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This article examines the impact of a pandemic on democratic societies. The central research question is the extent to which a pandemic can alter the trajectory of social and ethical democratic development nationally and internationally. Therefore, the article examines contemporary controversies in democratic society in the aftermath of a pandemic. The leading hypothesis is that the pandemic should reinforce the need for social solidarity, but it is unclear what political form this need will take: populism or deliberative/nonconsensual democracy.

Pandemic challenges and models of democracy

SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Ethics & Bioethics

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This article examines the impact of a pandemic on democratic societies. The central research question is the extent to which a pandemic can alter the...

Pandemic challenges and models of democracy

Published Online: Dec 14, 2021

Page range: 196 - 205

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2021-0014

Keywords
pandemic, democracy, ethics of democracy, populism, deliberative democracy

© 2021 Leszek Koczanowicz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Pandemic challenges and models of democracy

Published Online: Dec 14, 2021

Page range: 196 - 205

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2021-0014

Keywordspandemic, democracy, ethics of democracy, populism, deliberative democracy

© 2021 Leszek Koczanowicz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
pandemic, democracy, ethics of democracy, populism, deliberative democracy