Essays about: "covid democracy"

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1. 1. Political opposition in crisis? : A comparative study of political opposition in Swedish EU affairs before and during the Covid-19 pandemic

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Angelica Gradin; [2024]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : In the last decades, the EU has faced several crises. These crises have been seen to also have implications on the state of democracy in the EU. READ MORE

3. 2. The shadow pandemic : a feminist institutional perspective on civil society's work on gender-based violence in post COVID -19 South Africa

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Author : Louise Lindfors; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender-based violence; institutional feminism; CSO civil society organizations; grassroot activists; South Africa;

   Abstract : This field study is a thematic and feminist institutionalist analysis on how the civil society and grassroot activists in Gauteng province, South Africa, has been affected and mitigated during and after the COVID -19 pandemic in their work against gender-based violence. The data consist of five semi structured interviews with primary sources, divided in the two sub-groups of activists and formal NGO representatives. READ MORE

4. 3. Governing During the Pandemic : Changes in Risk Governance and Power in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

   Author : Sara Kringsberg; [2023]
   Keywords : COVID-19; Risk Governance; Policy Change; Policy Window; Crisis; Responsibility; Power; Window of Opportunity; COVID-19; riskstryning; policyförändring; makt; ansvarsfördelning; kris;

   Abstract : Background: The COVID-19 pandemic showed that disastrous events can develop in ways both new and surprising. It demonstrated that an infectious disease can easily spread over the globe in a matter of weeks. READ MORE

5. 4. “You can be whatever you want in this world, but not un-vaccinated.” – Understanding Covid-19 anti-vaccinators in Modern Democracy

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Lovisa Seller; [2022-11-08]
   Keywords : Covid-19; Sweden; activism; freedom; representation; demonstration; control; togetherness; truth; vaccination.;

   Abstract : Sweden’s approach for covid-19 has been considered mild compared to other countries’, but despite the Public Health Authority’s, the government’s, and the politician’s relatively relaxed l approach towards the pandemic, there have been a lot of questions raised regarding the work and management of this crisis both from those that asked for a firmer handling and from those who criticised the regulations all together. There are citizens in Sweden who have had a growing resentment towards the vaccination and the vaccination card, which has come to result in people connecting and establishing movements against the covid-19 vaccination through protests and demonstrations. READ MORE

6. 5. GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY IN SHAPING PANDEMIC POLICY. A comparative case study of the Covid-19 response in Sweden and Denmark

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Johanna Löfgren; [2022-01-26]
   Keywords : Covid-19; Denmark; Sweden; Democracy; Governance; Public Administration; Policymaking;

   Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic proves to be a major crisis with substantial effect on our society and thus projects an important area for academic research. Governments across the globe have taken extraordinary measures to fight the pandemic, with restrictions that limit social contact in order to stop the transmission of the virus. READ MORE