Background The resilience of democracy is tested under exogenous shocks such as crises.
The COVID-19 pandemic has recently tested the resilience of democratic institutions and …

The Covid-19 pandemic has been analysed and discussed from many disciplinary
perspectives. An aspect that still needs critical exploration is the role—that is, the modes and …

This book explores the impact of Covid-19, and the associated state lockdown, on rural lives
in a former homeland in South Africa. The 2020 Disaster Management Act saw the state …

The COVID-19 pandemic propelled many countries into a “state of exception,” under which
several regular governance norms were suspended and emergency regulations were …

This article explores the impact and implications of the South African state's adoption of a
tough militarized, bio-medical, and essentially neo-colonial approach to the management of …

Think of anything fragile, say, objects in your living room such as the glass frame, the
television set, or, even better, the china in the cupboards. If you label them 'fragile', then you …

The pandemic and all of its restrictions dominated public attention and social practices for
almost three years. There was declared a state of exception in many national contexts …

A kivételes hatalomgyakorlás hosszú ideje a viták középpontjában áll, hiszen a lényegét
tekintve a megoldás a normalitástól való elszakadás és a politikai vezető (k), különösen a …

In the analysis of the implementation of the lockdown restrictions in South Africa, a great
deal has been made of the unequal ways in which middle-class suburban communities, with …

The article shows how criticism of states of emergency during the COVID-19 pandemic
divides into two camps: one complaining about the restriction of democratic processes, the …