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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/119992| Title: | Being well in an unwell world |
| Authors: | Slee, Roger |
| Keywords: | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- Democracy Globalization Comparative politics Political science Political theory |
| Issue Date: | 2024 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Faculty for Social Wellbeing |
| Citation: | Slee, R. (2024). Being well in an unwell world. Societas.Expert, 4, 14-20. |
| Abstract: | There’s more than a little prescience in the opening pages of Manuel Castells’ 2019 book, Rupture: The Crisis of Liberal Democracy. Let’s turn to Castells’ himself, and it is important to acknowledge that he is writing this before pandemic – before the onslaught of COVID-19. For the record, on April 26th, 2023 the World Health Organisation reported 764,474,387 cumulative cases of COVID-19 globally and 6,915,286 deaths (WHO, 2023a) on its COVID-19 Dashboard. WHO itself suggests that this data understates the impact of COVID (WHO, 2023b). [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/119992 |
| Appears in Collections: | Societas.Expert Academic Magazine : Issue 4 |
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