@article{1444438,
      recid = {1444438},
      author = {Brown, Ruairidh J.,},
      title = {COVID-19 and international political theory : assessing  the potential for normative shift /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {The COVID-19 pandemic is an international event whose  impact has been acutely felt by almost everyone across the  globe. Indeed, currently reading this, it is highly  unlikely that your own life has not been significantly  impacted by COVID-19. This book offers one of the first  analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact  from the perspective of International Political Theory. It  promises normative interpretation and analysis of the  COVID-19 pandemic and to map potential political orders  that may emerge in the post-pandemic world. It seeks to  give initial insight into how the shockwaves from this  event will impact upon our political and international  norms. The book focuses on the normative questions of: can  emergency powers be used to preserve society from the virus  without necessitating a transition to more authoritarian  political norms? Will COVID-19 prove a catalyst for Chinese  Socialism to challenge, and potentially usurp, liberalism  as the dominant international political norm? What changes  to liberalism ought to be made as a result of the pandemic?  What direction should liberalism take in the post-pandemic  world? Ruairidh J Brown is Head of International Relations  and Political Science at Forward College, Portugal. He is  currently based at Forwards Lisbon Campus, where he teaches  International Political Thought and International  Relations.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1444438},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91952-8},
}