TY - BOOK ID - 101213570 TI - Democracy in the time of coronavirus PY - 2022 SN - 9780226815626 9780226815602 0226815625 0226815609 0226815617 PB - Chicago (Ill.): University of Chicago Press, DB - UniCat KW - COVID-19 PANDEMIC, 2020 KW - POLITICAL ASPECTS--USA KW - DEMOCRACY--USA KW - CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT--USA KW - COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- - Political aspects - United States KW - Crisis management in government - United States KW - Democracy - United States KW - United States - Politics and government - 2017 KW - -COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- - Political aspects - United States KW - -COVID-19 PANDEMIC, 2020 KW - COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 KW - -Crisis management in government KW - Democracy KW - United States UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101213570 AB - In Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus, leading political thinker Danielle Allen untangles the US government’s COVID-19 victories and failures to offer a plan for creating a more resilient democratic polity—one that can better respond to both the present pandemic and future crises. Looking to history, Allen also identifies the challenges faced by democracies in other times that required strong government action. In an analysis spanning from ancient Greece to the Reconstruction Amendments and the present day, Allen argues for the relative effectiveness of collaborative federalism over authoritarian compulsion and for the unifying power of a common cause. But for democracy to endure, we—as participatory citizens—must commit to that cause: a just and equal social contract and support for good governance. ER -