{"product_id":"covidocracy-by-dr-nicolai-due-gundersen-9781350581258","title":"Covidocracy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn December 2019, China reported the first COVID cases to the World Health Organization, going on to impose lockdowns as early as January 2020. Saudi Arabia announced national curfews after only a few hundred cases, under threat of fines and jail time. By mid-March, the UK too, went into its first lockdown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut how did COVID-19 go on to impact different political regimes? Did it support authoritarianism, and did it erode democracy? In this book, \u003cem\u003eDue-Gundersen\u003c\/em\u003e discusses what elements of political legitimacy world leaders drew on to justify COVID restrictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt traces the history of how China, Saudi Arabia, Britain, and the United States responded to previous pandemics and examines to what extent leaders in power attempted to centralize their authority in the years leading up to COVID.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough analysis of public discourse given in response to COVID and vaccine development, \u003cem\u003eDue-Gundersen\u003c\/em\u003e uses novel methodology to measure political legitimacy and political persuasion. This reveals how COVID affected democratic and non-democratic legitimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47495451082988,"sku":"9781350581258","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350581258-covidocracy.jpg?v=1775794485","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/covidocracy-by-dr-nicolai-due-gundersen-9781350581258","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}