Aftershocks : pandemic politics and the end of the old international order / Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright

The COVID-19 pandemic killed millions, infected hundreds of millions, and laid bare the deep vulnerabilities and inequalities of our interconnected world. The accompanying economic crash was the worst since the Great Depression, with the International Monetary Fund estimating that it will cost over $22 trillion in global wealth over the next few years. Over two decades of progress in reducing extreme poverty was erased, just in the space of a few months. Already fragile states in every corner of the globe were further hollowed out. The brewing clash between the United States and China boiled over and the worldwide contest between democracy and authoritarianism deepened. It was a truly global crisis necessitating a collective response—and yet international cooperation almost entirely broke down, with key world leaders hardly on speaking terms. Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright's Aftershocks offers a riveting and comprehensive account of one of the strangest and most consequential years on record. Drawing on interviews with officials from around the world and extensive research, the authors tell the story of how nationalism and major power rivalries constrained the response to the worst pandemic in a century. They demonstrate the myriad ways in which the crisis exposed the limits of the old international order and how the reverberations from COVID-19 will be felt for years to come..

Medienart:

Buch

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

New York: St. Martin's Press ; 2021

Ausgabe:

First edition

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kahl, Colin, 1971- [VerfasserIn]
Wright, Thomas [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

978-1-250-27574-5

BKL:

83.30 / Wirtschaftsentwicklung / Wirtschaftsstruktur: Allgemeines

Themen:

COVID-19 (Disease)
Epidemics
Epidemie
SARS-CoV-2
Wirtschaftspolitik

RVK:

RVK Klassifikation

Anmerkungen:

Anmerkungen und Index: Seite 351-448

Umfang:

viii, 448 Seiten

Weitere IDs:

9781250275745

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1754909175