COVID-19 and Public Policy in the Digital Age.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Confronting contagion -- Surviving COVID -- Nationalism -- Geopolitics -- Restricting rights -- References -- Chapter 2 Science and power -- What is public policy? -- Policy and persuasion -- Playing God -- Public policy and science -- Is all knowledge scientific? -- Is it merely 'the method' that turns knowledge into science? -- Explanation versus 'truth' -- Are social sciences 'objective'? -- Neutrality versus reality -- Shades of power -- Statistics can lie -- Numbers as an instrument of social control -- References -- Chapter 3 Law, rights, and public policy -- The impact on civil liberties -- The perception of restricted civil liberties -- Free speech and fake news -- Privacy and public safety -- Governments and fundamental rights -- References -- Chapter 4 The technology of information -- The genesis of mass surveillance -- Private profiling -- The computer revolution in surveillance and control -- Information technology and a panopticon society -- The growth of the technology of information -- The technology of profiling -- An empirical check -- A case study -- References -- Chapter 5 The politics of the pandemic -- Science and superstition -- The media -- The rule of law -- The courts -- Italy -- References -- Epilogue -- Index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.