COVID-19: Proportionality, Public Policy and Social Distancing

Murphy, Peter

COVID-19: Proportionality, Public Policy and Social Distance explores the social and political response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It details the sociological aspects of the spread of the virus, the role played by social distancing in virus mitigation, and the comparative effect of social proximity and distance on national anti-viral behavior. Peter Murphy discusses various public policy approaches to the pandemic and their successes and failures. In this engaging analysis, he investigates the way that contemporary societies think about risk, threat and harm, and how social mood affected the response to COVID-19.

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Published by: Palgrave Pivot

Publication Date: 2020-11-20

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789811575136

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-7514-3

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 122