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- 25 August 2024
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The nation, COVID-19 and the dangers for liberal democracy
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- The Nation in the Time of the Pandemic : Media and Political Discourse Across Countries During the COVID-19 Crisis
Abstract
This chapter offers a summary and discussion of the thirteen chapters that form this edited volume. Despite their differences in scope, approach and methodology, these studies have revealed a series of similarities across all national contexts studied. Firstly, the nation became to be regarded as the appropriate framework to create unity, explain the extraordinary anti-virus mandates and gain the citizens’ trust. Secondly, with the same aim, there was a recourse to ‘non-ideological’ values and narratives. Thirdly, the analyses demonstrate the perception of the fragility of democracy stemming from an excess of political consensus, an excess of political dissent and from populism – the spectre haunting liberal democratic systems.
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León Solís, F. 2024, 'The nation, COVID-19 and the dangers for liberal democracy', The Nation in the Time of the Pandemic : Media and Political Discourse Across Countries During the COVID-19 Crisis. https://uws.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/7cfb55db-73bd-4e4a-a7ed-e867981368f4