COVID-19 and Public Policy in the Digital Age

COVID-19 and Public Policy in the Digital Age explores how states and societies have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and their long-term implications for public policy and the rule of law globally. It examines the extent to which existing methods of protecting public safety and national security measure up in a time of crisis. The volume also examines how these ideas themselves have undergone transformation in the context of the global crisis.

This book:

• Explores the intersection of public policy, individual rights, and technology;
• Analyzes the role of science in determining political choices;
• Reconsiders our understanding of security studies on a global scale arising out of antisocial behaviour, panic buying, and stockpiling of food and (in the United States) arms;
• Probes the role of fake news and social media in crisis situations; and
• Provides a critical analysis of the notion of global surveillance in relat